The Dynamics of Devaluation: The Spiritual Disease of Civilization

The presentation seeks to identify a major spiritual sickness that is not only widespread but also kept out of public discourse or seriously minimized in terms of its scope and destructive effects. Most religious traditions derive much of their power by giving ‘believers' a sense of personal an...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glasberg, Ronald (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2012]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2012, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 1278-1292
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B Addiction
B History of ideas
B Devaluation
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)

MARC

LEADER 00000caa a22000002 4500
001 1668758105
003 DE-627
005 20230427221540.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 190708s2012 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1007/s10943-010-9440-x  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1668758105 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1668758105 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Glasberg, Ronald  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
245 1 4 |a The Dynamics of Devaluation  |b The Spiritual Disease of Civilization  |c Ronald Glasberg 
264 1 |c [2012] 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a The presentation seeks to identify a major spiritual sickness that is not only widespread but also kept out of public discourse or seriously minimized in terms of its scope and destructive effects. Most religious traditions derive much of their power by giving ‘believers' a sense of personal and/or collective worth, where worth may be associated with a feeling of positive valuation. However, as religious traditions decline in the wake of a materialist science or as they become corrupted by developing false forms of valuation, Western, if not world, civilization becomes ever more threatened by the disease of devaluation. In this context, the study will attempt three things: (1) to identify the manifestations or symptoms of devaluation as a disease of the soul; (2) to place these symptoms in a kind of historical context; and (3) to develop some effective healing strategies that may serve to counter, not only the symptoms but also the root causes of the disease of devaluation. In particular, it will be argued that false forms of valuation need to be identified so that public discourse can minimize the possibilities of these taking root and leading to one of the tragedies of our time: that is, the gaining of a kind of substitute value by the devaluing of some other group. 
650 4 |a Addiction 
650 4 |a Devaluation 
650 4 |a History of ideas 
650 4 |a Spirituality 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Journal of religion and health  |d New York, NY [u.a.] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 1961  |g 51(2012), 4, Seite 1278-1292  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)320578089  |w (DE-600)2017250-3  |w (DE-576)121466191  |x 1573-6571  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:51  |g year:2012  |g number:4  |g pages:1278-1292 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-010-9440-x  |x Resolving-System  |3 Volltext 
936 u w |d 51  |j 2012  |e 4  |h 1278-1292 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 3491922259 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1668758105 
LOK |0 005 20190708125559 
LOK |0 008 190708||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixzo  |a rwrk 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL