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Overview
Visionary Worlds examines the role and significance of imagination and the myth-making processes that engage human beings in constructing a viable, living world of meaningful relations, beliefs, and social interactions. In this process of "world-building," we each draw on a wide variety of ideologies - religious, philosophical, aesthetic or scientific - which often conflict and clash with one another in the struggle to evolve a coherent and meaningful worldview. This unpredictable and fallible process often requires considerable readjustment or revisions as the complexities of an increasingly pluralistic society impinge upon us with greater divergence and multiplicity. This work examines the ways in which we all make and unmake our reality as part of the challenge of seeking greater spiritual maturity and relatedness to others.Editorials
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Examines how people use imagination and myth-making to construct, revise, and destroy and replace worlds of meaningful relations, beliefs, and social interactions. Considers how the various religious, philosophical, aesthetic, and scientific ideologies often collide and must be reconciled. Avoids philosophical jargon and extensive quotations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
March 1, 1996
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Pages
222
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780791428610