The need for a sacred science / Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
1993
BL50 .N29 1993eb
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Title
The need for a sacred science / Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
Author
ISBN
0585067031 (electronic bk.)
9780585067032 (electronic bk.)
9781438414232 (electronic bk.)
1438414234 (electronic bk.)
9780203990599 (electronic bk.)
0203990595 (electronic bk.)
0791415171
079141518X
9780791415184
9780585067032 (electronic bk.)
9781438414232 (electronic bk.)
1438414234 (electronic bk.)
9780203990599 (electronic bk.)
0203990595 (electronic bk.)
0791415171
079141518X
9780791415184
Imprint
Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1993.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (v, 187 pages)
Call Number
BL50 .N29 1993eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)43475297
Summary
This book deals with the meaning of a science rooted in the sacred, the metaphysical foundation of such science, its contrast to modern science and its pertinence to some of the major issues facing humanity today. In the first part, the author turns to the fundamental question of the multiplicity of sacred forms. He discusses why it is necessary in the contemporary world to treat sacred science in the context of diverse religions. He also deals with the importance of sacred science in providing a meaningful study that would remain religiously significant of religions themselves.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Chapter Introduction
part PART ONE The World of the Spirit
A Metaphysical Context for the Cultivation of Sacred Science
chapter 1 God Is Reality
chapter 2 Self-Awareness and Ultimate Selfhood: The Role of the Sacred Science of the Soul
chapter 3 Time
The Moving Image of Eternity
part PART TWO The Unity of the Divine Stratosphere
The Diversity of the Human Atmosphere
chapter 5 One is the Spirit and Many its Human Reflections
Thoughts on the Human Condition Today
chapter 5 The Philosophia Perennis and the Study of Religion
part PART THREE Science: Traditional and Modern
chapter 6 Western Science and Asian Cultures
chapter 7 The Traditional Sciences
chapter 8 The Spiritual Significance of Nature
part PART FOUR Tradition, Sacred Science and the Modern Predicament
chapter 9 Sacred Science and the Environmental Crisis
An Islamic Perspective
chapter 10 The Concept of Human Progress Through Material Evolution: A Traditional Critique
chapter 11 Reflections on the Theological Modernism of Hans Küng.
part PART ONE The World of the Spirit
A Metaphysical Context for the Cultivation of Sacred Science
chapter 1 God Is Reality
chapter 2 Self-Awareness and Ultimate Selfhood: The Role of the Sacred Science of the Soul
chapter 3 Time
The Moving Image of Eternity
part PART TWO The Unity of the Divine Stratosphere
The Diversity of the Human Atmosphere
chapter 5 One is the Spirit and Many its Human Reflections
Thoughts on the Human Condition Today
chapter 5 The Philosophia Perennis and the Study of Religion
part PART THREE Science: Traditional and Modern
chapter 6 Western Science and Asian Cultures
chapter 7 The Traditional Sciences
chapter 8 The Spiritual Significance of Nature
part PART FOUR Tradition, Sacred Science and the Modern Predicament
chapter 9 Sacred Science and the Environmental Crisis
An Islamic Perspective
chapter 10 The Concept of Human Progress Through Material Evolution: A Traditional Critique
chapter 11 Reflections on the Theological Modernism of Hans Küng.
Source of Description
Print version record.
Series
SUNY series in religious studies.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Need for a sacred science. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1993
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