SPIRITUALITY
WITHOUT GODS
DEVELOPING
OUR CAPACITIES OF SPIRIT
This small book examines traditional beliefs in Gods
by discussing five alleged powers of the Gods.
Then it explores six capacities we can develop
as we become more deeply persons of spirit.
Finally it projects the next 1,000 years of progress in spirituality
no longer hampered by past beliefs in Gods.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS for
SPIRITUALITY WITHOUT GODS
Each of the following 16 chapters (plus two
bibliographies)
also have counterparts on the Internet.
In some cases, the Internet version is slightly different
from the chapter as printed in the book.
The links for each title take you to the Internet version.
These chapters may be read in any order.
Which theme interests you the most?
PART I: WHICH GODS DO NOT EXIST?
Chapter 1. No Gods Created
the Universe .
Chapter 2. No Gods Wrote
Holy Books .
Chapter 3. No Gods Are
Watching Our Behavior .
Chapter 4. No Gods Are
All-Powerful .
Chapter 5. No Gods Can Save
Us from Death .
INTERLUDE: WHICH GODS MIGHT EXIST?
Chapter 6. God-Talk Might
Be a Way of Expressing Our Spiritual Dynamics .
PART II: WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY? SIX CAPACITIES OF OUR HUMAN SPIRITS
Chapter 7. Beyond the Life
of the Body, the 'Heart', & the Mind .
Chapter 8. W a y s t
o E x p a n d O u r S p i r i t s .
Chapter 9. Self-Transcendence,
Self-Criticism, & Altruism .
Chapter 10. Freedom:
Transcending Enculturation and Choosing for Ourselves .
Chapter 11. Creativity:
Making Something Genuinely New .
Chapter 12. Love: The
I-Thou Encounter, Discovering Other Persons of Spirit .
Chapter 13. The Disclosure
of Existential Anxiety
and other Manifestations of Our Existential Predicament .
Chapter 14. Glimpses of Joy
and Fulfillment .
PART III: WITHOUT GODS, THE FUTURE OF SPIRITUALITY
Chapter 15. The Next 1,000
Years of Spiritual Progress .
Chapter 16. Asking the
Ultimate Questions .
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Atheism
Bibliography
Existential
Spirituality Bibliography
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Spirituality
without Gods will be published in 2008.
When it is ready to send to readers,
it will appear on the publisher's website:
www.existential books.com.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS:
AUTHOR: James Leonard Park
TITLE: Spirituality without Gods
SUBTITLE: Developing Our Capacities of Spirit
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER: BL2775.3.P37
2008)
NUMBER OF PAGES: 75 (projected)
SIZE: 8-1/2 inches wide X 11 inches high X 3/8
inch thick.
PUBLISHER: Existential Books
PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE:
http://www.existentialbooks.com
PUBLICATION DATE: summer or fall, 2008 (projected)
BINDING: comb---19 plastic rings in a plastic spine---will lie flat
when open.
BINDING: stapled
ISBN: 978-0-89231-023-4
WEBSITE FOR THIS BOOK:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/SWG.html
LIST PRICE: $ 22 US
WHOLESALE PRICE: $10 US
Created
3-30-2008; Revised