More than discourse : symbolic expressions of naturalistic faith /
Religious life involves more than prosaically stated beliefs. It also encompasses attitudes, emotions, values, and practices whose meanings cannot be adequately captured in verbal assertions but require effective expression in forceful images, portrayals, and enactments of a nonliteral sort. Indeed,...
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State University of New York Press,
2014
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Part I. Functions and Types of Religious Symbols; 1. Symbols of Living Faith; Introduction; Back to the Pelican; Some Types of Religious Symbolization; Symbols of Evil; Major and Minor Religious Symbols; 2. Works of Art and Religious Symbolism; Introduction; Artistic Symbolization; Works of Art Are Non-Indicative and Entirely Self-Contained; Works of Art Must Be Experienced as Wholes, not in Piecemeal Fashion; A Work of Art Is Untranslatable and Irreplaceable.
- Works of Art Put Us in Touch with a Fundamental Kind of Quality and Value that Evidences Itself Throughout Human Life and Human HistorySimilarities and Differences between Aesthetic and Religious Symbols; Interrelations of Aesthetic and Religious Symbolizations; 3. Master Religious Symbols; Introduction; Symbols of Religious Ultimates; Cosmogonic and Cosmological Symbols; Symbols of Religious Paths of Life and of Obstacles Lying in Their Way; Symbols of Exemplary Human Lives; 4. How Religious Symbols Work; Introduction; The Necessary Role of Religious Symbols.
- Ways in Which Religious Symbols FunctionDoctrinal Expositions of Religious Symbols; The Error of Literalism; Part II. Symbols of Religion of Nature; 5. Master Symbols of the Ultimacy of Nature and of its Cosmogonic and Cosmological Roles; Introduction; A Symbol of the Religious Ultimacy of Nature; A Cosmogonic and Cosmological Symbol for Religion of Nature; 6. Master Symbols of the Saving Path of Life and of an Exemplary Traveler on the Path; Introduction; The Path and Its Obstacles and Misdirections; Saving Assurance vs. Painful Alienation; Responsible Demand vs. Callous Manipulation.
- Empowering Love vs. Scornful IndifferenceAn Exemplar of the Saving Path of Religion of Nature; 7. The Truth of Religious Symbols; Introduction; Religious Symbols and Truth; Secular Symbols and Truth; 8. Symbols and Symbolic Practices for Religion of Nature; Introduction; Synecdoches; Prayer and Meditation; Rituals; Symbols of Sacrifice and Self-Giving; Other Symbols for Religion of Nature; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index.
