Steiner and Kindred Spirits
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (553 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1621481360 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 436 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Objective and erudite, a masterful overview of modern spirituality. McDermott's intellectual honesty makes it hard to put down. James H. Hindes A comparative analysis from a personal point of view that truly does justice to all the spiritual traditions engaged. This book is a kind of intellectual and spiritual summary of Robert McDermott's pilgrimage. An examined inner life if ever there was one. Eminently readable prose and comprehending so many different thinkers this book spans the enormous gap between objective academic criticism and the deep waters of honestly felt devotion.
. He is the founding chair of the board of the Sophia Project, an anthroposophic home in Oakland, California, for mothers and children at risk of homelessness. His administrative service includes president of the New York Center for Anthroposophy; president of the Rudolf Steiner summer Institute; chair of the board of Sunbridge College (New York) and of Rudolf Steiner College (California). He has also published on William James, Jo
About the Author Robert McDermott, Ph.D., is president emeritus and chair of the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). K. He has also published on William James, Josiah Royce, M. Gandhi, the evolution of consciousness, and American thought. His publications include Radhakrishnan (1970); The Essential Aurobindo (1974, 1987); The Essential Steiner (1984); (with Rudolf Steiner) The Bhagavad Gita and the West (2009); and The New Essential Steiner (2009). . He
The kindred spirits in this book include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, C. Rudolf Steiner is frequently viewed by those familiar with his teaching as unique and separate from other spiritual teachers of our modern era. In doing so, the reader is guided to new perspectives that show the similarities and contrasts between Steiner's Spiritual Science and a number of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and secular spiritual worldviews. While, Steiner is thought by anthroposophists to be a scientist and a philosopher, as well as an interpreter of events depicted in Christian scriptures, he is nevertheless generally ignored by scientists and philosophers, as well as by both liberal and fundamentalist scriptural scholars and theologians. In this book, Robert McDermottthe editor of American Philosophy and Rudolf S