Spirituality: What It Is and Why It Matters
- ISBN-10
- 0199987092
- ISBN-13
- 9780199987092
- Series
- Spirituality
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-12-03
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Roger S. Gottlieb
Description
Roger S. Gottlieb provides a lucid and accessible overview of what spirituality is, enabling a clear-eyed understanding of the concept, its manifold connections to other aspects of personal and social life, its role as a positive psychological and social phenomenon, and some of the risks that attend it.
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