On the epistemology of postmodern spirituality
At first glance, the postmodern spiritual ‘scene’ appears ‘sociologically messy, experiential, multifaceted, ecological, provisional and collective’ (Petrolle 2007) and of uncertain epistemic provenance. Here, I ask: can Roland Benedikter’s (2005) conception of postmodern dialectic and spiritual tur...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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Verbum et ecclesia
Year: 2012, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-8 |
| Further subjects: | B
Meontology
B Inspiration B Deontology B Meta-consciousness B Integralism B Neo-essentialism B Reconstructivism B Realism B Anti-realism B Post Structuralism B Developmental Theory B Proto-ontology B Imagination B Evolution B Deconstructionism |
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| Summary: | At first glance, the postmodern spiritual ‘scene’ appears ‘sociologically messy, experiential, multifaceted, ecological, provisional and collective’ (Petrolle 2007) and of uncertain epistemic provenance. Here, I ask: can Roland Benedikter’s (2005) conception of postmodern dialectic and spiritual turn, help us understand postmodern spirituality and can it assist in a construction of a postmodern epistemology of spirituality? The current argument constitutes a meta-theoretical exploration of:• Deconstruction and neo-essentialism as representing the significant dialectic in philosophical postmodernism. Deconstruction is presented as an apophatic moment in Western thought about ‘knowing’ and ‘being’ whilst postmodern neo-essentialism, though contextualised by antirealism and ambiguity, palpably suggests itself. • Postmodern trends which derive from the dialectic. • How these epistemic trends influence methodology in the study of spirituality. • How a trans-traditional (anthropological) spirituality might incorporate insights about transformation from a complex of epistemologies in which, theories of ‘self’ abound.In the conclusion an attempt is made to describe how postmodern spirituality expresses itself in society. |
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| Physical Description: | 8 |
| ISSN: | 2074-7705 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Verbum et ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4102/ve.v33i1.398 |
