The spirituality revolution : the emergence of contemporary spirituality / David Tacey.
Material type:
TextPublication details: Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2004.Description: 250 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 1583918736
- 9781583918739
- 1583918744 (pbk.)
- 9781583918746 (pbk.)
- 9780203647035
- 0203647033
- 204 TAC
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 204 TAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100588889 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The spiritual life is no longer a specialist concern, restricted to those who belong to religious traditions. The spirituality revolution is a spontaneous movement in society, a significant new interest in the reality of spirituality and its healing effects on life, health, community and well being.
The Spirituality Revolution: The Emergence of Contemporary Spirituality recognises that we have outgrown the ideals and values of previous times and reveals an image of the spiritual situation of our era. Recent discoveries in physics, biology, psychology and ecology have begun to restore status to previously discredited spiritual visions of reality and this book illustrates the ways in which we might uncover a universal spiritual wisdom that could transform our splintered world. Topics explored include the current state of the Western experience of spirit, our need for spiritual guidance when we cannot turn to organised religion in their traditional forms, and the creative potentials of spirit in education, personal experience, contemporary philosophy and popular feeling for the environment.
The Spirituality Revolution addresses a major social issue which requires immediate attention if we are to creatively respond to spiralling outbreaks of depression, suicide, addiction and psychological suffering. It is a much-needed contribution to the field, of great interest to analytical psychologists, counsellors, educators and social workers, and to all those interested in spirituality and the future of religion.
David Tacey is Associate Professor in Psychoanalytic Studies and Reader in Arts and Critical Enquiry at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of six books on spirituality, psychology and culture, including Jung and the New Age and Remaking Men.
Originally published: Australia: HarperCollins, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index.
The present situation -- Youth spirituality -- Discernment -- Concluding reflections.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Epigraphs (p. vi)
- Introduction: The spirituality revolution (p. 1)
- Part 1 The present situation
- 1 Rising waters of the spirit (p. 11)
- 2 Spirit without form (p. 30)
- Part 2 Youth spirituality
- 3 Going to the underground stream (p. 49)
- 4 Student spirituality and educational authority (p. 58)
- 5 Mind the gap: youth spirituality and religion (p. 75)
- 6 Spiritual education: a difficult kind of bliss (p. 92)
- 7 Losing my religion, recovering the sacred (p. 106)
- Part 3 Discernment
- 8 Post-religion: the return to beginnings (p. 127)
- 9 Authenticity and spirituality (p. 141)
- 10 Towards a new image of God (p. 154)
- Part 4 Concluding reflections
- 11 Youth, cultural crisis and ecospirituality (p. 175)
- 12 What can religion do? (p. 189)
- 13 The spirituality gap: credibility and supernaturalism (p. 199)
- 14 Winning back our connections (p. 215)
- Acknowledgements (p. 227)
- References (p. 229)
- A select list of further readings (p. 235)
- Index (p. 245)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
David Tacey was born in Melbourne and his family later moved to Alice Springs, central Australia. He spent his adolescence and early adulthood living alongside Aboriginal cultures. This brought about his lifelong interest in Aboriginal religions and the spiritual relationship between land, nature and human consciousness. He studied literature, philosophy and art history in his Bachelor of Arts degree at Flinders University, and earned his PhD at Adelaide University in literature and psychoanalysis. After winning the Bentham Prize at Adelaide he was one of four Australians to be awarded a post-doctoral fellowship by the Harkness Foundation, New York.He has published 14 books, 70 refereed essays in journals, 45 chapters in edited volumes, and 50 articles in non-refereed journals and magazines. David Tracey has maintained a commitment to public awareness in the areas of religious education, indigenous health, men's issues and environmental issues. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Literature at La Trobe University in Melbourne and Research Professor at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture in Canberra.
(Bowker Author Biography)