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Beyond Theology: The Art of Godmanship
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Comparative ReligionGeneral ChristianityGeneral Eastern Religions
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ISBN10: 1608688240
ISBN13: 9781608688241
Publisher: New World Lib
Published: Oct 11 2022
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781608688241
Publisher: New World Lib
Published: Oct 11 2022
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
A radical reinterpretation of Christianity by one of the twentieth century's leading philosophers Today, Alan Watts is remembered mainly as an eloquent interpreter of Eastern philosophies such as Taoism and Zen Buddhism. Not everyone knows that Watts was also a formidable scholar of Christianity who worked as an Episcopal chaplain early in his career. He eventually left the church to find his own spiritual path, but his time there fueled a burst of literary creativity that culminated in Beyond Theology, originally published in 1964 and now back in print.
In this landmark work, Watts asks whether a rigorous, imperious, and invincibly self-righteous religion such as Christianity can stay relevant in our modern, multicultural world. To answer that question, he deconstructs Christianity by using concepts borrowed from psychology, linguistics, science, and Eastern philosophy. In the process, he solves difficult problems of theology, traces the impact of Christianity on Western culture, and points the way to a new form of nondualistic spirituality. Playing the role of a philosophical jester, Watts artfully deploys paradoxes, riddles, and gently subversive humor to overturn conventional wisdom. His intention is not to hold sacred things up to ridicule but rather to expand our definition of the sacred. The ultimate aim is to help us see beyond the external trappings of religion -- beyond ritual, myth, doctrine, and theology itself -- to experience the divine within ourselves.
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