Facing Up to Mortality

Interfaith/Interreligious Explorations

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Exploring a new approach to interfaith/interreligious communication, the contributors to this collection seek to interact from the perspective of their own tradition or academic discipline with Ernest Becker's theory on the relationship between religion, culture, and the human awareness of death and mortality. While much interfaith/interreligious dialogue focuses on beliefs and practices, thus delineating areas of disagreement as a starting point, these chapters foster interactive communication rooted in areas of the universal human experience. Thus, by demonstration these authors argue for the integrity and efficacy of this approach for pursuing intercultural and interdisciplinary communication.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-10-21
Mått161 x 238 x 20 mm
Vikt526 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor186
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
MedarbetareTrent,J.Dana
ISBN9781793655424

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IntroductionDaniel Liechty Chapter One:God is Sometimes Great! The Glory and Shame of ReligionSheldon Solomon and Spee Kosloff Chapter Two:The Nature of Consciousness:A Nondual (Advaita) Dialogue with Ernest BeckerAnantanand Rambachan Chapter Three:Religion as Umbrella, Religion as Path:A Buddhist Perspective on Death Denial and Life TransformationDavid R. LoyChapter Four:L’Dor v’Dor: The Intergenerational Style of Hebraic ‘Immortality’Paul CantzChapter Five:Heroism, Sacrifice, and Jewish Identity:Exploring Rabbinic Readings of the Esther StoryJonathan CohenChapter Six:Naming Our Incompleteness:A Christian Encounter with Ideas of Ernest BeckerDaniel Liechty Chapter Seven:Death, Self, and Political Survival in Islam and Islamicate ContextsAnas MalikChapter Eight:The Sacred Cosmos: Transcendence Without AbsolutismMerlyn E. Mowrey

… A terrific collection of chapters delving into how Ernest Becker’s theorizing can help us understand the many ways people can and do use religious and spiritual pathways to face up to their mortality. The chapters impressively cover many traditions, including Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and pantheistic. We readers come away with a deeper appreciation of the strengths of these diverse perspectives and how we can draw from them to optimize our time on this earth.