Behold the Spirit: A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion - Softcover

Watts, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0394717619 ISBN 13: 9780394717616

Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1972

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"The perfect guide for a course correction in life" (Deepak Chopra) that teaches us how to enjoy a deeper, more meaningful relationship with the spiritual in our present troubled times.

Drawing on his experiences as a former priest, Watts skillfully explains how the intuition of Eastern religion—Zen Buddhism, in particular—can be incorporated into the doctrines of Western Christianity, offering a timeless argument for the place of mystical religion in today’s world.

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ALAN W. WATTS, who held both a master’s degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity, is best remembered as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular, and of Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. Standing apart, however, from sectarian membership, he has earned the reputation of being one of the most original and “unrutted” philosophers of the twentieth century. Watts was the author of some twenty books on the philosophy and psychology of religion that have been published in many languages throughout the world, including the bestselling The Way of Zen. An avid lecturer, Watts appeared regularly on the radio and hosted the popular television series, Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life, in the 1960s. He died in 1973.

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f the necessity of mystical religion, also shows how traditional Western doctrine can be reconciled with the intuitive religion of the Orient.

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• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1972
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0394717619
• ISBN 13: 9780394717616
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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