Overview
- Addresses the conceptual and historical gap between spirituality and science
- Shows that scientific enlightenment cannot be complete unless it includes spirituality as a topic for scientific scrutiny
- Argues that religion is the societal and historic form of spirituality
- Proposes the building of bridges between the societal movement towards spirituality and the scientific enterprise
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Studies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality (SNCS, volume 4)
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Book Title: Secular Spirituality
Book Subtitle: The Next Step Towards Enlightenment
Authors: Harald Walach
Series Title: Studies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09345-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09344-4Published: 29 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38439-9Published: 10 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09345-1Published: 18 September 2014
Series ISSN: 2211-8918
Series E-ISSN: 2211-8926
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 216
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Culture, History of Science