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The Value of Solitude: The Ethics and Spirituality of Aloneness in Autobiography
John D. Barbour
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paperback. Most people feel ambivalent about solitude, both loving and fearing it depending on how they experience being alone at certain points in their lives. In "The Value of Solitude", John Barbour explores some of the ways in which experiences of solitude, both positive and negative, have been interpreted as religiously significant. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; HRLK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Most people feel ambivalent about solitude, both loving and fearing it depending on how they experience being alone at certain points in their lives. In The Value of Solitude, John Barbour explores some of the ways in which experiences of solitude, both positive and negative, have been interpreted as religiously significant. He also shows how solitude can raise ethical questions as writers evaluate the virtues and dangers of aloneness and consider how social interaction and withdrawal can most meaningfully be combined in a life. Barbour's work differs from previous books about solitude in two ways: it links solitude with ethics ... Read more
Most people feel ambivalent about solitude, both loving and fearing it depending on how they experience being alone at certain points in their lives. In The Value of Solitude, John Barbour explores some of the ways in which experiences of solitude, both positive and negative, have been interpreted as religiously significant. He also shows how solitude can raise ethical questions as writers evaluate the virtues and dangers of aloneness and consider how social interaction and withdrawal can most meaningfully be combined in a life. Barbour's work differs from previous books about solitude in two ways: it links solitude with ethics ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Religion and Culture
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813922898
SKU
V9780813922898
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About John D. Barbour
John D. Barbour, Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College, is the author of Versions of Deconversion: Autobiography and the Loss of Faith (Virginia).
Reviews for The Value of Solitude: The Ethics and Spirituality of Aloneness in Autobiography
This is a powerful, comprehensive, and highly original book, impressive in terms of both its breadth of coverage and its depth of insight. It is a pleasure to read how vigorously the author speaks out for the moral and spiritual aspects of solitude in the age of a postmodern theory that allows little or no agency to a scattered and ... Read more