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The Soul's Upward Yearning: Clues to Our Transcendent Nature from Experience and Reason by Robert J. Spitzer (Paperback, 2015)

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Father Spitzer's work provides a bright light in the midst of the darkness by presenting traditional and contemporary evidence for God and a transphysical soul from several major sources. It shows that we are transcendent beings with souls capable of surviving bodily death; that we are self-reflective beings aware of and able to strive toward perfect truth, love, goodness, and beauty; that we have the dignity of being created in the very image of God.

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Western culture has been moving away from its Christian roots for several centuries but the turn from Christianity accelerated in the 20th century. At the core of this decline is a loss of a sense of our own transcendence. Scientific materialism has so seriously impacted our belief in human transcendence that many people find it difficult to believe in God and the human soul. This anti-transcendent perspective has t only cast its spell on the natural sciences, psychology, philosophy, and literature, it has also negatively impacted popular culture through the writings of Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and many others. The warning signs of this loss of transcendence have been expressed by thinkers as diverse as Carl Jung (psychiatrist), Mircea Eliade (historian of religion), Gabriel Marcel (philosopher), C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. These warnings were validated by a 2004 study in the American Journal of Psychiatry which showed that the absence of religion alone was responsible for a marked increase in suicide rates, sense of meaningless, substance abuse, separation from family, and other psychiatric problems.Thus, the loss of transcendence is negatively affecting t only individuals sense of happiness, dignity, ideals, virtues, and destiny, but also the culture. Ironically, the evidence for transcendence is greater today than in any other period in history. The problem is this evidence has t been compiled and propagated. Fr. Spitzer s book provides a bright light in the midst of this cultural darkness by presenting both traditional and contemporary evidence for God and a transphysical soul from several major sources. He also shows how human consciousness and intelligence is completely special and cant be replicated by artificial intelligence or animal consciousness. We are transcendent beings with souls capable of surviving bodily death self-reflective beings aware of perfect truth, love, goodness, and beauty. We are beings with an unrestricted capacity to kw and create science, law, culture, art, music, literature, and so much more. The evidence reveals that we have the dignity of being created in the very image of God, and if we underestimate it, we will undervalue one ather, underlive our lives, and under-achieve our destiny.This work is the most comprehensive treatment of human transcendence available today.

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Publisher
Ignatius Press
ISBN-10
1586179551
ISBN-13
9781586179557
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216714322

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Place of Publication
San Francisco
Series Part/Volume Number
2
Series Title
Happiness, Suffering, and Transcendence
Content Note
Illustrations
Format
Paperback
Language
English, English & English
Author(s)
Robert J. Spitzer
Date of Publication
30/10/2015
Format Details
Trade Paperback (US) ,Sewn
Subject
Mind, Body & Spirit: General
Imprint
Ignatius Press
Country of Publication
United States

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