The Spiritual Dimension: Religion, Philosophy and Human Value - Softcover

Cottingham, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521604974 ISBN 13: 9780521604970

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Offering a new model for the philosophy of religion, John Cottingham combines emotional and intellectual aspects of our human experience, and embraces practical as well as theoretical concerns. Cottingham reveals how a religious worldview is best understood not as an isolated set of doctrines, but as intimately related to spiritual praxis and to the search for self-understanding and moral growth. Touching on many important debates in contemporary philosophy and theology, but accessible to general readers, this book covers a range of central topics in the philosophy of religion.

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Book Description

Philosophy and religion are often seen as opposed, but this book aims to show how they can be reconciled. It argues that religious belief cannot be evaluated as an isolated set of doctrines, but needs to be understood in relation to the spiritual praxis that gives it life. Accessibly written and wide-ranging in scope, it connects the spiritual search for self-awareness and moral growth with the philosophical quest to understand the cosmos and our relationship to it.

About the Author

John Cottingham is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading. His many publications include: Western Philosophy: an anthology (Blackwell, 1996), Philosophy and the Good Life (Cambridge, 1998) and On the Meaning of Life (Routledge, 2003).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521604974
• ISBN 13: 9780521604970
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200