The Ocean of God
On the Transreligious Future of Religions
Published on 29. June 2019
Book
Hardback
262 pages
978-1-78308-985-7 (ISBN)
Description
'The Ocean of God'conveys the proposition that the future of religions, if they will not want to contribute to the destruction of humanity, will become transreligious. Based on the assumption that the spiritual impulse of humanity cannot simply be eradicated, religiosity will persist in transreligious forms, as secularizations, naturalizations and transhumanist dreams only envision such transformations, but fall short in their ability to replace the force of spirituality to further civilized peace of human existence on Earth and its future in evolutionary, ecological and cosmological dimensions. In relating the contributions of religious pluralism to the concept of the unity of religions, which have arisen in this "new axial age" for overcoming the checkered history of religions in furthering peace, the program of a polyphilic pluralism with its transreligious discourse, based on the insight of the fundamental relativity of (religious) truth and the special contributions of process philosophy and theology as well as the Baha'i universe of thought, analyses and projects a new religiosity or spirit enabling religions to overcome their deepest motives of strife and warfare.
Reviews / Votes
Journal of Interreligious Studies: Book review Book review -- Zeitschrift fuer Religions- und Geistesgeschichte Reading Religion -- Book Review Roland Faber's The Ocean of God is a sophisticated discourse on religious pluralism that respects religious diversity while advocating for an overarching sense of commonality, or "unity," by way of an emerging "transreligious" identity. Sweeping in scope, articulate in discourse, profound in depth, and scintillating with insight, The Ocean of God is a religious manifesto with an almost prophetic vision, born of an uncanny sense of the driving force and future direction of the spiritual impulse animating the evolution of human society-past, present and future. -Christopher Buck, https://readingreligion.org/books/ocean-god, accessed 11 August 2020More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
581 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78308-985-7 (9781783089857)
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Person
Roland Faber is the Kilsby Family/John B. Cobb, Jr. Professor of Process Studies at Claremont School of Theology, Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Claremont Graduate University, Founder and Executive Director of the Whitehead Research Project, and Co-director of the Center for Process Studies.
Content
Introduction; PART ONE: PARADIGMS OF UNITY AND PLURALITY; 1. Unity or Plurality of Religions?; 2. The Healing and Poisonous Fruits of the Unity of Religions; 3. The Synthesis and Aporia of Religious Pluralism; 4. The Promise of Mysticism; 5. Polyphilic Pluralism; PART TWO: NEGOTIATIONS OF MULTIPLICITY; 6. Convergences and Divergences: Juncture or Bifurcation?; 7. Pluralism of Pluralisms?; 8. Horizontal and Vertical Pluralism; 9. An Experiment in Incompatibilities: Green Acre; 10. The Mystery of Distinction and Unity; PART THREE: TRANSRELIGIOUS HORIZONS; 11. The Transreligious Discourse; 12. Other Religions: From Coinherence to Coinhabitation; 13. The Earth and Other Worlds: A Story of Cosmic Magnitude; 14. The Future of Religions; 15. One with All Religion; Glossary; References; Index.