SPIRITUALITY WITHOUT GODS
DEVELOPING OUR CAPACITIES OF SPIRIT

    This small book examines traditional beliefs in gods
by discussing five alleged powers of the gods.
Then it explores six capacities we can develop
as we become more deeply persons of spirit.
Finally it projects the next 1,000 years of progress in spirituality
no longer hampered by past beliefs in gods.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS for
SPIRITUALITY WITHOUT GODS

    Each of the following 16 chapters (plus two bibliographies)
also have counterparts on the Internet.
In some cases, the Internet version is slightly different
from the chapter as printed in the book.
The links for each title take you to the Internet version.
These chapters may be read in any order.
Where will you begin?


PART I:  WHICH GODS DO NOT EXIST?

Chapter 1.  No Gods Created the Universe .

Chapter 2.  No Gods Wrote Holy Books .

Chapter 3.  No Gods Are Watching Our Behavior .

Chapter 4.  No Gods Are All-Powerful .
  
Chapter 5.  No Gods Can Save Us from Death .


INTERLUDE:  WHICH GODS MIGHT EXIST?

Chapter 6.  God-Talk Might Be a Way of Expressing Our Spiritual Dynamics .


PART II:  WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY? SIX CAPACITIES OF OUR HUMAN SPIRITS

Chapter 7.  Beyond the Life of the Body, the 'Heart', & the Mind .

Chapter 8.  W a y s  t o  E x p a n d  O u r  S p i r i t s .
                           
Chapter 9.  Self-Transcendence, Self-Criticism, & Altruism .

Chapter 10.  Freedom: Transcending Enculturation and Choosing for Ourselves .

Chapter 11.  Creativity: Making Something Genuinely New .

Chapter 12.  Love: The I-Thou Encounter, Discovering Other Persons of Spirit .

Chapter 13.  The Disclosure of Existential Anxiety
and other Manifestations of Our Existential Predicament .
       
Chapter 14.  Glimpses of Joy and Fulfillment .


PART III: WITHOUT GODS, THE FUTURE OF SPIRITUALITY

Chapter 15.  The Next 1,000 Years of Spiritual Progress .

Chapter 16.  Asking the Ultimate Questions .


BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Atheism Bibliography
[The printed book has a shorter version of most book reviews.]

Existential Spirituality Bibliography
[Selections from this Internet bibliography were not included in the printed book.]

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AUTHOR: James Leonard Park
TITLE: Spirituality without Gods
SUBTITLE: Developing Our Capacities of Spirit
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER: BL2775.3.P37 2011)
NUMBER OF PAGES: 72
SIZE: 8-1/2 inches wide  X  11 inches high  X  3/8 inch thick.
PUBLISHER: Existential Books
PUBLICATION DATE:  May 5, 2011
BINDING: stapled
ISBN: 978-0-89231-023-4
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