The Politics of the Soul: Eric Voegelin on Religious ExperienceGlenn Hughes The Politics of the Soul: Eric Voegelin on Religious Experience includes eight essays examining one of the most profound studies of religious experience to appear in the last century: that of the political philosopher Eric Voegelin. Voegelin is increasingly recognized as a political theorist of exceptional scope and erudition and the most important philosopher of his time since Toynbee, and his treatment of religious experience is a crucial part of his overall analysis of existence and history. This collection of essays by prominenet Voegelin scholars is the first book to explore the relevance of that analysis to the contemporary understanding of political theory, theology, history, and philosophy of consciousness, and as such it constitutes a significant contribution not only to Voegelin scholarship but to the current quest for theoretical foundations. |
Contents
Voegelin Religious Experience and Immortality | 11 |
Grounding Public Discourse The Contribution of Eric Voegelin | 33 |
The Epiphany of Universal Humanity Geoffrey L Price | 65 |
The Person as Imago Dei Augustine and Max Scheler in Eric Voegelins Herrschaftslehre and Political Religions | 87 |
Philosophy and Meditation Notes on Eric Voegelins View | 115 |
Brothers under the Skin Voegelin on the Common Experiential Wellsprings of Spiritual Order and Disorder | 139 |
Balanced and Imbalanced Consciousness | 163 |
Voegelins Challenge to Modernitys Claim to Be Scientific and Secular The Ancient Theology and the Dream of Innerworldly Fulfillment | 185 |
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About the Contributors | 229 |
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