By David Webster
Dave Webster’s e-book is a counter-blast opposed to the culturally accredited norm that spirituality is an important and significant consider human lifestyles. Rejecting the belief of human well being as predicated at the religious, the ebook seeks to spot the poisonous effect of religious discourses on our lives. Spirituality makes us burdened, apolitical and depressing - no matter if that spirituality is from traditional non secular roots, from a new-age buffet of ideals, or from a few re-imagined old procedure of trust. having a look past this dismissal, the booklet seems to be in the direction of atheistic existentialism, Theravada Buddhism and political engagement as a method to visualize what a post-spiritual global view may well appear like.
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