Book contents
- The Joy of Religion
- The Joy of Religion
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Variety and Mystery of Religious Pleasure
- Chapter 2 The Nature and Cultivation of Complex Pleasure
- Chapter 3 The Discovery of Mastery Pleasure
- Chapter 4 Philo’s Mastery, Plotinus’s Play, and the Mystic’s Joy
- Chapter 5 Pleasure, Play, and Magical Thinking
- Chapter 6 Church-Sect Theory and Pleasure
- Chapter 7 Narratives and Rituals of Pleasure
- Chapter 8 A Scholar’s Shabbat in Central Virginia
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 1 - The Variety and Mystery of Religious Pleasure
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 December 2019
- The Joy of Religion
- The Joy of Religion
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Variety and Mystery of Religious Pleasure
- Chapter 2 The Nature and Cultivation of Complex Pleasure
- Chapter 3 The Discovery of Mastery Pleasure
- Chapter 4 Philo’s Mastery, Plotinus’s Play, and the Mystic’s Joy
- Chapter 5 Pleasure, Play, and Magical Thinking
- Chapter 6 Church-Sect Theory and Pleasure
- Chapter 7 Narratives and Rituals of Pleasure
- Chapter 8 A Scholar’s Shabbat in Central Virginia
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter offers many examples of pleasure from religious sources, including rituals, organized according to positive and negative evaluations. The ineffability of the hedonic tone is discussed in detail.
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- The Joy of ReligionExploring the Nature of Pleasure in Spiritual Life, pp. 17 - 39Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020