Renewing the Senses

The guiding theme of this rich and subtle study is the intimacy of sensory experience and the pursuit of a spiritual life. Wynn argues that religious thoughts can inform and enrich our experience of the sensory world in a way that is both practically and ethically transformative. Such sensory and spiritual renewal can be guided by the doctrinal and practical structures of religious life and, in its more advanced stages, is a component of a wider metaphysical vision of the integrated place of human beings in the wider order of things. Wynn's focus on the place of the sensory in the spiritual is both apposite and attractive and amply sustains an illuminating discussion of a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to, conversion experience, sacred sites, religious architecture, emotion, beauty, ritual, bodily practices, and the theological and ethical virtues. Moreover, Wynn engages with a wide constituency of authors that includes philosophers, phenomenologists, and theologians, including especially insightful discussions of figures such as Erazim Kohak, William James, Douglas Alexander, and David E. Cooper. This book ought to have a wide and grateful audience both within and beyond philosophical theology and the philosophy of religion.

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