Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The Secular Mind

Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Fakta

Does the business of daily living distance us from life's mysteries? Do most Americans value spiritual thinking more as a hobby than as an all-encompassing approach to life? Will the concept of the soul be defunct after the next few generations? Child psychiatrist and best-selling author Robert Coles offers a profound meditation on how secular culture has settled into the hearts and minds of Americans. This book is a sweeping essay on the shift from religious control over Western society to the scientific dominance of the mind. Interwoven into the story is Coles's personal quest for understanding how the sense of the sacred has stood firm in the lives of individuals--both the famous and everyday people whom he has known--even as they have struggled with doubt.

As a student, Coles questioned Paul Tillich on the meaning of the "secular mind," and his fascination with the perceived opposition between secular and sacred intensified over the years. This book recounts conversations Coles has had with such figures as Anna Freud, Karen Horney, William Carlos Williams, Walker Percy, and Dorothy Day. Their words dramatize the frustration and the joy of living in both the secular and sacred realms. Coles masterfully draws on a variety of literary sources that trace the relationship of the sacred and the secular: the stories of Abraham and Moses, the writings of St. Paul, Augustine, Kierkegaard, Darwin, and Freud, and the fiction of George Eliot, Hardy, Meredith, Flannery O'Connor, and Huxley. Ever since biblical times, Coles shows us, the relationship between these two realms has thrived on conflict and accommodation.

Coles also notes that psychoanalysis was first viewed as a rival to religion in terms of getting a handle on inner truths. He provocatively demonstrates how psychoanalysis has either been incorporated into the thinking of many religious denominations or become a type of religion in itself. How will people in the next millennium deal with advances in chemistry and neurology? Will these sciences surpass psychoanalysis in controlling how we think and feel? This book is for anyone who has wondered about the fate of the soul and our ability to seek out the sacred in our constantly changing world.

© 2001 Princeton University Press (E-bog): 9781400822812

Release date

E-bog: 29. januar 2001

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Remarkable: The Diversely United, Blood-Bought Church of Jesus Christ Christopher N. Beard
  2. The Cure of Souls: Rediscovering the Biblical Doctrine of Confession R. J. Rushdoony
  3. An Informed Faith: The Position Papers of R. J. Rushdoony R. J. Rushdoony
  4. A Teachable Spirit: The Virtue of Learning from Strangers, Enemies, and Absolutely Anyone A. J. Swoboda
  5. The Father of Jewish Mysticism: The Writing of Gershom Scholem Daniel Weidner
  6. Notes on Genesis and Exodus: Novitiate Conferences on Scripture and Liturgy 2 Thomas Merton
  7. Reprobation and God's Sovereignty: Recovering a Biblical Doctrine Peter Sammons
  8. The Sabbath and the Crystal Palace: Navigating the Boundary Between Tradition and Innovation in the 19th Century Anonymous
  9. The Ethics of War and Peace: Religious and Secular Perspectives Terry Nardin
  10. Union and Communion J. Hudson Taylor
  11. The Cross-Shaped Life: Taking on Christ's Humanity Jeff Kennon
  12. Faith and Action: The Collected Articles of R. J. Rushdoony from the Chalcedon Report, 1965-2004 R. J. Rushdoony
  13. The Non-Violent Radical: Seeing and Living the Wisdom of Jesus Charles McCollough
  14. Ethics Matters Peter Vardy
  15. Every Moment Holy II: Volume II: Death, Grief, and Hope Douglas Kaine McKelvey
  16. First Love: Philippians J.D. Walt
  17. The Vixen: A Novel Francine Prose
  18. Routes and Radishes: And Other Things to Talk about at the Evangelical Crossroads Mark L. Russell
  19. Putting on Christ: A Road Map for Our Heroic Journey to Spiritual Rebirth and Beyond Steven Anthony Bishop
  20. Collected Poems: Water Walker and 19 Masks for the Naked Poet Nancy Willard
  21. Everyday Prayer with the Puritans Donald K. McKim
  22. Spiritual Lessons from WWII Eric Ludy
  23. Hymns from the Morningland: Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church Anonymous
  24. Anchor Man: How a Father Can Anchor His Family in Christ for the Next 100 Years Steve Farrar
  25. Politics and the Imagination Raymond Geuss
  26. Law's Virtues: Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society Cathleen Kaveny
  27. Faith and Violence: Christian Teaching and Christian Practice Thomas Merton
  28. Letters from Abu Ghraib, Second Edition Joshua Casteel
  29. An Introduction to the Study of Indian Poetics Sanjay Kumar Misra
  30. Jews & Money: The Story of a Stereotype Abraham H. Foxman
  31. Contextualization of Sufi Spirituality in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century China: The Role of Liu Zhi (c.1662–c.1730) David Lee
  32. The Golden Alphabet: An Exposition of Psalm 119 Charles H Spurgeon
  33. A Poet of the Invisible World: A Novel Michael Golding
  34. Liberty Worth the Name: Locke on Free Agency Gideon Yaffe
  35. The Truth about Language: What It Is and Where It Came From Michael C. Corballis
  36. The Reluctant Disciple: A Parable about Reconciling Faith and Business Robin Pou
  37. The Metaphysics of World Order: A Synthesis of Philosophy, Theology, and Politics Nicolas Laos
  38. Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, from Soul to Psychedelics Julie Holland
  39. A Christian Utopia: Paul’s Community of Equality and Justice Stephen J. Gaudet
  40. Happiness and External Goods in Nicomachean Ethics Sorin Sabou
  41. Overwhelmed: Literature, Aesthetics, and the Nineteenth-Century Information Revolution Maurice S. Lee
  42. Why It's Normal to be a Mistress A.A. Castor
  43. A Monastic Introduction to Sacred Scripture: Novitiate Conferences on Scripture and Liturgy 1 Thomas Merton
  44. The Lost World of the Prophets: Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature in Ancient Context John H. Walton
  45. The Greatest Happiness Principle - Utilitarianism, On Liberty & The Subjection of Women: The Principle of the Greatest-Happiness: What Is Utilitarianism (Proofs & Principles), Civil & Social Liberty, Liberty of Thought, Individuality & Individual Freedom, Utilitarian Feminism John Stuart Mill
  46. Why Be Jewish? David J. Wolpe
  47. The Incarnation of Hanuman: Neem Karoli Baba Sripad Jagannatha Das
  48. Hymns from the Morningland: Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church Anonymous
  49. Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures: New Developments in Canon Controversy Lee Martin McDonald

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet