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The Uses of Paradox: Religion, Self-Transformation, and the Absurd
Matthew C. Bagger
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Description for The Uses of Paradox: Religion, Self-Transformation, and the Absurd
Hardback. Investigates the role of paradox in Western and Asian religious discourse. Drawing on both philosophy and social scientific theory, this book offers a naturalistic explanation of religion's oft-noted propensity to sublime paradox and argues that religious thinkers employ intractable paradoxes as basis for various techniques of self-transformation. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
In this groundbreaking comparative study, Matthew Bagger investigates the role of paradox in Western and Asian religious discourse. Drawing on both philosophy and social scientific theory, he offers a naturalistic explanation of religion's oft-noted propensity to sublime paradox and argues that religious thinkers employ intractable paradoxes as the basis for various techniques of self-transformation. Considering the writings of Kierkegaard, Pseudo-Dionysus, St. John of the Cross, N?g?rjuna, and Chuang-tzu, among others, Bagger identifies two religious uses of paradox: cognitive asceticism, which wields the psychological discomfort of paradox as an instrument of self-transformation, and mysticism, which seeks to transform the self through ... Read more
In this groundbreaking comparative study, Matthew Bagger investigates the role of paradox in Western and Asian religious discourse. Drawing on both philosophy and social scientific theory, he offers a naturalistic explanation of religion's oft-noted propensity to sublime paradox and argues that religious thinkers employ intractable paradoxes as the basis for various techniques of self-transformation. Considering the writings of Kierkegaard, Pseudo-Dionysus, St. John of the Cross, N?g?rjuna, and Chuang-tzu, among others, Bagger identifies two religious uses of paradox: cognitive asceticism, which wields the psychological discomfort of paradox as an instrument of self-transformation, and mysticism, which seeks to transform the self through ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231140829
SKU
V9780231140829
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About Matthew C. Bagger
Matthew Bagger is assistant professor of religious studies at Brown University. He has taught at Dartmouth College and Columbia University and is the author of Religious Experience, Justification, and History.
Reviews for The Uses of Paradox: Religion, Self-Transformation, and the Absurd
A major new voice in the philosophy of religion, thoroughly conversant with recent Anglo-American philosophy, but going his own way methodologically.
Nancy Frankenberry, Dartmouth College Refreshing and persuasive... Clearly written, well-argued... Recommended. CHOICE A thought-provoking reading of religious paradoxes.
Forrest Clingerman Religious Studies Review It is worth reading for Bagger's original perspective on some of the religious uses ... Read more
Nancy Frankenberry, Dartmouth College Refreshing and persuasive... Clearly written, well-argued... Recommended. CHOICE A thought-provoking reading of religious paradoxes.
Forrest Clingerman Religious Studies Review It is worth reading for Bagger's original perspective on some of the religious uses ... Read more