Towards a theory of spirituality
By: edited by Elisabeth Hense & Frans Maas
Series: Studies in spirituality. Supplement -- 22; Studies in spirituality -- 22.
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leuven; Walpole, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9789042924789
Subjects: Spirituality; Congresses; Spiritual life
Description: "In March 2009, at the invitation of the chair of spirituality of the Radboud University Nijmegen, theologians and religious scientists met for the first time in Dutch academia to reflect together about theories of spirituality. What is spirituality? Can we define the phenomenon? Which forms of spirituality can we discern? How can we understand Christian spirituality? Where do we see possibilities for comparison between the diverse forms of spirituality? Which new forms of spirituality do we need to study? What theoretical approaches are familiar? How do we coordinate all the results of our research? The goal of our congress was, in all candor, to inventory the perspectives of the invited researchers and make an initial attempt to formulate a conspectus of the diverse positions which we now occupy. "--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-166).
Table of contents: title: The quest for interdisciplinary theories on spirituality  -- Elisabeth Hense; title: Elements of a theory about "lived spirituality"  -- Toine van den Hoogen; title: Christian spiritual traditions: reframing boundaries, theory & method  -- Philip Sheldrake; title: Critical reflection of religious practice and religious Erlebnis as a task of theology  -- Michael Plattig; title: A spiritual method for daily ilfe practices  -- Willem Marie Speelman; title: Spirituality, luxury or necessity?  -- Frans Maas; title: Comparative dynamics in the inter-religious study of mysticism  -- Bernard McGinn; title: Investigating Western popular spirituality  -- Frans Jespers; title: "The finder hasn't looked properly": tensions between spirituality and truthfulness  -- Johan Goud; title: Theoretical approaches in spirituality  -- Kees Waaijman; title: SPIRIN encyclopedia as an exposition of the field of spirituality -- Jos Huls.