Existence by Neville, Robert C. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Cross References Preface Introduction

I. The Existential Dimensions of Religion II. The Human Condition, Suffering, and Semiotics III. Universality of Religion IV. Ontological Ultimacy: Death and Life

Part I: Ultimate Boundary Conditions

Part I. Preliminary Remarks Chapter One: Form as the Condition of Obligation

I. Form and Human Possibility II. Value III. Obligation IV. Obligations: Moral, Social, Personal, and Natural

Chapter Two: Components as the Condition for Grounded Wholeness

I. Deference and Integration II. Mythos: Orientation to Wholeness III. Some Contemporary Christian Re-Mythologies IV. Comportments: Appropriation, Deference, Negotiating Change, Realism

Chapter Three: Existential Location as the Condition for Engagement

I. The Cosmology of Existential Location II. Contours, Value, and Otherness III. Human Engagement across the Existential Field IV. Modes of Engagement: Awareness, Appreciation, Courage, Love

Chapter Four: Value-Identity as the Condition for Meaning

Part I. Summary Implications

Part II: Predicaments and Deliverances

Part II. Preliminary Remarks Chapter Five: Guilt and Justification

Chapter Six: Disintegration and Centeredness

Chapter Seven: Estrangement and Connection

Chapter Eight: Meaninglessness and Happiness

Part II. Summary Implications

Part III: Ecstatic Fulfillments

Part III. Preliminary Remarks Chapter Nine: Ecstatic Meaning in Time

I. Meaning in Life II. Historical Apocalyptic III. Cosmic Apocalyptic IV. Time within Eternity

Chapter Ten: Ecstatic Life in Eternity

I. The Problem of Ultimate Meaning II. Mapping the Infinite onto the Finite III. Eternal Life and Its Temporal Maps IV. The Truth of Finite Symbols of Ultimate Meaning

Chapter Eleven: Ecstatic Love

I. Gratuity II. Arbitrariness III. Undeservedness IV. Surprise

Chapter Twelve: Ecstatic Freedom

I. Cosmological Freedom II. Release from Attachment to Finding Meaning III. Freedom in Becoming a Sign of Ultimacy IV. Freedom to Love

Part III. Summary Implications

Part IV: Engagement and Participation

Part IV. Preliminary Remarks Chapter Thirteen: Ritual

I. Anthropological Understandings of Ritual II. A Ritual Analysis III. Confucian Understandings of Ritual IV. Ritual Engagement

Chapter Fourteen: Commitment

I. Bio-Developmental Dimensions of Commitment II. Religious Commitment and Worldviews III. Intensity of Religious Commitment IV. Sharing of Religious Commitment

Chapter Fifteen: The Life of Faith

I. Preparation II. Presence and Action III. Relationships IV. Faith Enduring Change and Death

Chapter Sixteen: Inhabitation of a Sacred Worldview

I. Sacred Worldviews II. Inhabiting Absolute Value-Identity III. The Ontological Shock of Creation IV. Chaos and Containment

Part IV. Summary Implications

Notes Bibliography Index Back Cover