Research Catalog

Title

Religion and the human sciences : an approach via spirituality / Daniel A. Helminiak.

Author

Helminiak, Daniel A.

Publication

Albany : State University of New York Press, 1998.

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Details

Description

xv, 332 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Spiritual life > Study and teaching
• Religion and the social sciences
• Religion > Study and teaching
• Psychology, Religious

Note

• Companion volume to The human core of spirituality.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-312) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Opening a Can of Worms -- An Overview of the Alternative Approach -- The "Integration" Project of Evangelical Christianity -- The Nature of Religious Studies -- Outline of the Book -- Higher Viewpoints from Bernard Lonergan -- The Definition of Science -- A System of Higher Viewpoints -- The Positivist Viewpoint -- The Philosophic Viewpoint -- The Theist Viewpoint -- The Theotic Viewpoint -- Further Clarifications -- Summary on the Four Viewpoints -- Revised Critical Correlation a la Don Browning -- Browning's True Contribution -- Interdisciplinary Method -- Criticism of the Revised Critical Correlation -- Religion and Science: Interpretation and Explanation -- Two Further Issues -- Conclusion Regarding Browning -- The Perennial Philosophy of Ken Wilber -- Common Concerns -- The Core of Wilber's Position -- The Three Eyes: Different Sciences, Data, and Knowing -- A Theory of Knowledge -- Paradox in Wilber's Position -- About God and Consciousness -- Mixing Religious Traditions -- Conclusion Regarding Wilber.

ISBN

• 0791438058 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0791438066 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97036986^

OCLC

• 37559718
• SCSB-12046555

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library