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Author Spretnak, Charlene, 1946-

Title States of grace : the recovery of meaning in the postmodern age / Charlene Spretnak
Edition First edition
Published [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, [1991, 1993]
©1991

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Description ix, 337 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Saving grace : On the relevance of the wisdom traditions to our times -- The Center holds : on the nature of mind : the wisdom of Buddha's teachings about Dhamma -- Participation in the mystery : On an intimate relationship with nature : the wisdom of Native American spirituality -- Embracing the body : on honoring the personal body and the earth body : the Wisdom of Goddess spirituality -- Who is the other? : on social justice and community : the wisdom of the semitic traditions -- The recovery of meaning : on cosmological grounding for humanity's creative possibilities -- The Merely relative : a brief survey of deconstructive postmodernism -- A Feminist consideration of the philosophical roots and attractions of deconstructive postmodernism
Notes Dust jacket subtitle : Reclaiming the core teachings and practices of the great wisdom traditions for the well-being of the earth community
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [306]-326) and index
Subject Postmodernism -- Religious aspects.
Spirituality.
LC no. 90055076
ISBN 0062506978 (HarperCollins paper)
0062508245 (alk. paper)