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A Sociable God: Toward a New Understanding of Religion - Couverture souple

Wilber, Ken

 
9780394726922: A Sociable God: Toward a New Understanding of Religion
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0394726928 ISBN 13 : 9780394726922
Editeur : Random House Inc, 1984

Synopsis

Book by Wilber Ken

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In one of the first attempts to bring an integral dimension to sociology, Ken Wilber introduces a system of reliable methods by which to make testable judgments of the authenticity of any religious movement. A Sociable God is a concise work based on Wilber's "spectrum of consciousness" theory, which views individual and cultural development as an evolutionary continuum. Here he focuses primarily on worldviews (archaic, magic, mythic, mental, psychic, subtle, causal, nondual) and evaluates various cultural and religious movements on a scale ranging from egocentric to ethnocentric to worldcentric to Kosmic. By using this integral view, Wilber hopes, society would be able to discriminate between dangerous cults and authentic spiritual paths. In addition, he points out why these distinctions are crucial in understanding spiritual experiences and altered states of consciousness.

In a lengthy new introduction, the author brings the reader up to date on his latest integral thinking and concludes that, for the succinct and elegant way it argues for a sociology of depth, A Sociable God remains a clarion call for a greater sociology.

Revue de presse

"A Sociable God is a thought-provoking book that has the potential to stimulate intense discussion about Wilber's theory and transpersonal psychology in general."—Contemporary Psychology: American Psychological Association Review of Books

"A concise, scholarly work."—Branches of Light

"I use Ken Wilber's approach all the time. I think it's the best map of reality we have."—Father Thomas Keating, author of Open Mind, Open Heart

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Éditeur
Random House Inc
Date d'édition
1984
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0394726928
ISBN 13 
9780394726922
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