Transcending Towards Transcendence

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ID20207224
AuthorsEckart Ruschmann (Medizin Campus Bodensee, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume14
Issue4
Pages421-432
Publication date2011-12-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueImplicit Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1463-9955 • E-ISSN: 1743-1697
PublisherEquinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1558/imre.v14i4.421
OpenAlexW2115552712
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited1

The following analysis aims to illustrate how, over the course of time, different meanings have become associated with the term transcendence. The article proposes distinguishing between the ontological meaning (i.e. the realm of transcendence) and the anthropological or epistemic use (i.e. the act or process of transcending, experientially and conceptually). Presenting examples from sociology (Thomas Luckmann) and psychology (Abraham H. Maslow) it will be illustrated that lack of discrimination may support or even foster an ontological reductionism which impedes adequate differentiation between humanistic (secular) and spiritual/religious ways to constitute values and meaning. A structural epistemological approach is described and recommended, as a respectful reconstruction of various ontological and metaphysical positions and background convictions in personal world-views

Epistemology · Holism · Humanism · Humanistic psychology · Maslow's hierarchy of needs · Metaphysics · Ontology · Philosophy of religion · Realm · Reductionism · Sociology · Theology · Transcendental number · Health, psychology, and well-being · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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