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Bagger, Matthew C.

The uses of paradox : religion, self-transformation, and the absurd / Matthew Bagger. - New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xiii, 132 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Paradox without piety -- Credo quia absurdum : cognitive asceticism and Kierkegaard -- Mystics and ascetics -- Absolute transcendence -- Skepticism and mysticism.

In this groundbreaking comparative study, Matthew Bagger investigates the role of paradox in Western and Asian religious discourse. Drawing on both philosophy and social scientific theory, he offers a naturalistic explanation of religion's oft-noted propensity to sublime paradox and argues that religious thinkers employ intractable paradoxes as the basis for various techniques of self-transformation. Considering the writings of Kierkegaard, Pseudo-Dionysus, St. John of the Cross, N?g?rjuna, and Chuang-tzu, among others, Bagger identifies two religious uses of paradox: cognitive asc.


In English.

ISBN: 023151185X 9780231511858

Standard No.: 10.7312/bagg14082 doi

Publisher. No.: EB00639545 Recorded Books

Source: 22573/cttgt45r JSTOR 5650348F-EC1E-4884-8962-AE910A1AB1DB OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Paradox.
Religion.
Philosophy.
Religion
Philosophy
Paradoxe.
Religion.
Philosophie.
religion (discipline)
philosophy.
RELIGION--General.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
RELIGION--Essays.
RELIGION--Reference.
Paradox
Philosophy
Religion

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BC199.P2 / B34 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 200