Spiritually-Engaged Knowledge: The Attentive Heart

ISBN-13: 9780754653776 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 264 str.

Jennifer Crawford

Opis

In a supposedly 'global age,' which not everyone accepts, the late Dr Jennifer Crawford has brought together a range of disciplines in her creation of a unified, sensitive 'way of knowing' for the global era. Drawing upon her academic and lived experience in philosophy, environmental science, social work and feminism, together with a deep spiritual commitment, Jennifer Crawford has deftly woven together complex ideas in her reconceptualisation of global justice.

Recenzje

'All readers [...] will benefit from the superbly comprehensive sweep of her survey of the impact of post-modernism on the spiritual landscape. At the end of her quest [...] the author developed a 'horrifically aggressive breast cancer' from which she died within six months, leaving her partner and colleagues to publish this book from the PhD. Reading it, one feels humbled and blessed to be recipient of the wisdom of a remarkable life.' The Scientific and Medical Network

Spis treści

Contents: A dedication; Foreword; Preface; Prologue. Part I Locating the Global: Understanding in a global era: Global conversations; Exploring a global idiom; Methodological issues. Part II Logic of Inquiry: Contemporary contexts: The global context; The postmodern context. Part III Genre Analysis: Facing the other: an ethic of meeting: Before the face of the other; Beyond the other; The craft of othering; Earthcraft; Knowing other wise; Attentive love: A feminine craft; An interactive energy; A spiritual practice; The spiritual heart: Glimpses of mindfulness; Non-representational psychology; A unified theory of meditation; Postmodern spirituality. Part IV Conclusion: A handful of leaven: The rise of spiritually engaged knowledge; Spiritually engaged global politics; Not by bread alone. Epilogue; Appendix; Select bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Jennifer Crawford worked as a field officer for the United Nations Food Programme in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh before returning to Australia for a Masters in Environmental Studies and her Doctoral Studies in Philosophy, achieving her PhD which forms the basis of this book.