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Wonder
Robert C. Fuller
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The University of North Carolina Press 
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Religion/Theologie
Beschreibung
The attempt to identify the emotional sources of religion goes back to antiquity. In an exploration that bridges science and spirituality, Robert C. Fuller makes the convincing case that a sense of wonder is a principal source of humanity's belief in the existence of an unseen order of life. Like no other emotion, Fuller argues, wonder prompts us to pause, admire, and open our hearts and minds.
With a voice that seamlessly blends the scientific and the contemplative, Fuller defines wonder in keeping with the tradition of Socrates--as an emotion related to curiosity and awe that stimulates engagement with the immediate physical world. He draws on the natural and social sciences to explain how wonder can, at the same time, elicit belief in the existence of a more-than-physical reality. Chapters examining emotions in evolutionary biology and the importance of wonder in human cognitive development alternate with chapters on John Muir, William James, and Rachel Carson, whom Fuller identifies as "exemplars of wonder." The writings and lives of these individuals express a functional side of emotion: that the very survival of life on earth today may depend on the empathy, compassion, and care that are aroused by a sense of wonder.
Forging new pathways between the social sciences, philosophy, belief, and cultural history,
Wonder deepens our understanding of the complex sources of personal spirituality and fulfillment.
Kundenbewertungen
religious life, mystical experience, Friedrich Schleiermacher, New Age, William James, human emotion, religious tradition, Wilhelm Dilthey, Rachel Carson, evolutionary biology, curiosity, mysticism, psychology of religion, Rudolf Otto, John Muir, Martha Nussbaum, Rene Descartes, Charles Darwin, spirituality, awe, religion and science, spiritual seeking, Carroll Izard, Sigmund Freud, emotion and literature, anthropology, cognitive development, neuroscience of emotion, wonder, Jean Piaget, reverence, epistemology