The Participatory Turn: Spirituality, Mysticism, Religious Studies
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (812 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003HC8HSK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 380 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jorge N. Sherman is a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of the Divinity at the University of Cambridge.. Ferrer is Chair of the Department of East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies and the author of Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality, also published by SUNY Press.Jacob H
Ferrer is Chair of the Department of East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies and the author of Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality, also published by SUNY Press.Jacob H. Sherman is a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of the Divinity at the University of Cambridge.. They explore the ways this approach weaves together and gives voice to a number of robust trends in contemporary religious scholarship, including the renewed study of lived spirituality, the postmodern emphasis on embodied and gendered subjectivity, the admission of alternate epistemic perspectives, the irreducibility of religious pluralism, and the pragmatist emphasis on transformation—all trends that raise serious challenges to the currently prevalent linguistic paradigm.The first part of the book situates the participatory turn in the context of contemporary Religious Studies; the second part shows how this approach can be applied to various global traditions, ancient and contemporary, from Western esotericism to Jewish mysticism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sufism, and socially engaged Buddhism.Jorge N. Cuts through traditional debates to argue that religious phenomena are cocreated by human cognition and a generative spiritual power.Can we take seriously religious experience, spirituality, and mysti
I thoroughly recommend it. Catalyzed by a marvelous opening essay on the history and meaning of this participatory turn, the volume promises to become for a new generation what Katz s and Forman s pioneering volumes were for earlier ones. The Participatory Turn presents an emerging orientation for Religious Studies that is not only cogent and empowering but perhaps even inevitable. In their brilliant introduction, Ferrer and Sherman have managed to condense and summarize a vast and complex field, clarified its multitude of diverse strands, and set forth a richly coherent philosophical synthesis. Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review offers a sophisticated and complex look at an emerging orientation that will continue to be part of the internal dialogue within religious studies. Sophia draws on multiple perspectives to invite the reader into a plurality of spiritual approaches, each a delight in its own way, each pres