Lost Ecstasy: Its Decline and Transformation in Religion

By June McDaniel

Book Overview

Chapter 1: Introduction: What Happened to Ecstasy? Mysticism, Ecstasy and the Constructivist Loop

Chapter 2: Some Examples of Religious Ecstasy

Chapter 3: Attacks on Ecstasy, Pathologizing in Academia

Chapter 4: Attacks on Ecstasy, Theology: We Don't Want It Either

Chapter 5: Destructive Ecstasies: Wargasm and the Joy of Violence

Chapter 6: The Spiritualized Ecstasies: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll

Chapter 7: Return of the Repressed: Millenial, Charismatic and Renewal Movements

Chapter 8: The Case of Hinduism: Ecstasy and Denial

Chapter 9: Ecstasy and Empathy: Some Venerable Elders and New Directions

Chapter 10: Conclusions: Can We Go Beyond Criminalizing, Pathologizing, and Trivializing? Or The Problems of Shooting Yourself in the Foot

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303006512X
• ISBN13: 9783030065126
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"