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The Joy of Religion: Exploring the Nature of Pleasure in Spiritual Life - Couverture rigide

Glucklich, Ariel

 
9781108486422: The Joy of Religion: Exploring the Nature of Pleasure in Spiritual Life
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1108486428 ISBN 13 : 9781108486422
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

All religions describe spiritual experience as pleasant, and the goal of the religious pursuit as profoundly joyful. But many religions also condemn sensory pleasures and the desire for objects of pleasure. In this book, Ariel Glucklich resolves this apparent contradiction by showing how religious practices that instill self-control and discipline transform one type of pleasure into the pleasures of mastery and play. Using historical data and psychological analysis, he details how the rituals, mystical practices, moral teachings, and sacred texts of the world's religions act as psychological instruments that induce well-being. Glucklich also shows that in promoting joy and pleasure, religion also strengthens social bonds and enhances an individual's pursuit of meaning.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ariel Glucklich is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University, Washington DC. A scholar of Hinduism, he has also published in the field of religious psychology. His book Sacred Pain won the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in 2002.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108486428
ISBN 13 
9781108486422
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
262
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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