Rediscovering the West: An Inquiry Into Nothingness and RelatednessSUNY Press, 1994 M01 1 - 222 pages An inquiry into how westerners can tap into their own philosophical and spiritual traditions to grow beyond their unsteadiness of relations, inner dullness, and underlying absence of vision or orientation; and become more alert, compassionate, and intelligent. Reviews the Zen worldview and such western traditions as the mystical Christ, Socrates, a |
Contents
World Perspective | 5 |
From Dialectic to Feminism | 89 |
A View on the Western Drama | 99 |
Testimony of Survivors | 115 |
The Mystical Christ | 127 |
The Radiance of Socrates | 141 |
Jesus as Christ | 147 |
Relatedness as Practice | 163 |
Sitting and Relating | 177 |
Notes | 191 |
Death and Rebirth | 204 |
Bibliography | 209 |
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Rediscovering the West: An Inquiry Into Nothingness and Relatedness Stephen C. Rowe Limited preview - 1994 |
Rediscovering the West: An Inquiry Into Nothingness and Relatedness Stephen C. Rowe Limited preview - 1994 |
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