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Religion and the Human Sciences: An Approach via Spirituality »

Authors: Daniel A. Helminiak
ISBN-13: 9780791438053, ISBN-10: 0791438058
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: April 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	List of Figures
	Preface
1	Opening a Can of Worms	1
	An Overview of the Alternative Approach	6
	The "Integration" Project of Evangelical Christianity	30
	The Nature of Religious Studies	50
	Outline of the Book	56
2	Higher Viewpoints from Bernard Lonergan	59
	The Definition of Science	61
	A System of Higher Viewpoints	65
	The Positivist Viewpoint	70
	The Philosophic Viewpoint	79
	The Theist Viewpoint	94
	The Theotic Viewpoint	123
	Further Clarifications	143
	Summary on the Four Viewpoints	158
3	Revised Critical Correlation a la Don Browning	161
	Browning's True Contribution	163
	Interdisciplinary Method	167
	Criticism of the Revised Critical Correlation	172
	Religion and Science: Interpretation and Explanation	195
	Two Further Issues	206
	Conclusion Regarding Browning	212
4	The Perennial Philosophy of Ken Wilber	213
	Common Concerns	215
	The Core of Wilber's Position	217
	The Three Eyes: Different Sciences, Data, and Knowing	227
	A Theory of Knowledge	234
	Paradox in Wilber's Position	249
	About God and Consciousness	264
	Mixing Religious Traditions	275
	Conclusion Regarding Wilber	284
	Epilogue	293
	References	299
	Index	313