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The Politics of the Soul: Eric Voegelin on Religious Experience includes eight essays examining one of the most profound studies of religious experience to appear in the last century: that of the political philosopher Eric Voegelin. Voegelin is increasingly recognized as a political theorist of exceptional scope and erudition and the most important philosopher of his time since Toynbee, and his treatment of religious experience is a crucial part of his overall analysis of existence and history. This collection of essays by prominenet Voegelin scholars is the first book to explore the relevance of that analysis to the contemporary understanding of political theory, theology, history, and philosophy of consciousness, and as such it constitutes a significant contribution not only to Voegelin scholarship but to the current quest for theoretical foundations.
List of contents
Part 1 Religious Experience and the Human Condition Chapter 2 Voegelin, Religious Experience, and Immortality Chapter 3 Grounding Public Discourse: The Contribution of Eric Voegelin Chapter 4 The Epiphany of Universal Humanity Part 5 The Priority of Meditation Chapter 6 The Person as Imago Dei: Augustine and Max Scheler in Eric Voegelin's Herrschaftslehre and Political Religions Chapter 7 Philosophy and Meditation: Notes on Eric Voegelin's View Part 8 Spiritual Sources of Order and Disorder Chapter 9 Brothers Under the Skin: Voegelin and the Common Experienctial Wellsprings of Spiritual Order and Disorder Chapter 10 Balanced and Imbalanced Consciousness Chapter 11 Voegelin's Challenge to Modernity's Claim to be Scientific and Secular: The Ancient Theology and the Dream of Innerwordly Fulfillment
About the author
Glenn Hughes is associate professor of philosophy at St. Mary's University in San Antonio.
Summary
A collection of eight essays on Eric Voegelin. The treatment of religious experience is a crucial part of his analysis of existence and history. This work explores the relevance of that analysis to the understanding of political theory, ideology, history and philosophy of consciousness.
