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PublisherWorld Industries wisdom, Incorporated

ISBN-101936597136

ISBN-139781936597130

eBay Product ID (ePID)124691380

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Book TitleMystery of Individuality : Grandeur and Delusion of the Human Condition

Number of Pages328 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicSpirituality, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social

GenreReligion, Philosophy, Social Science, Psychology

AuthorMark Perry

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight17.5 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2012-013982

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsThe Mystery of Individuality: Grandeur and Delusion of the Human Condition examines what distinguishes humans as individuals in twelve chapters that explore spirituality, psychology, sociology, love, and the appreciation of sacred art. Complex social issues including leadership, justice, politics, and crime are also discussed in relation to the essence of human beings as creations in the image of God. If God deliberately created humans with individual personalities, then are the unique traits of personhood part of our divine essence, even though our frames are destined to return to dust? The Mystery of Individuality is a thoughtful, contemplative, and complex work, especially recommended for spirituality shelves.

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Dewey Decimal202/.2

SynopsisThe Mystery of Individuality explores the nature of human individuality through twelve chapter-mirrors, whose main focal points are spirituality, psychology, sociology, and love, and also the meaning of sacred art. The issues of leadership and justice, as well as of politics, and even crime, are also examined in depth, along with the roles of sexuality and marriage. Finally, man and woman are defined in the context of both cosmology and society, with a special emphasis on the divine nature of a human being and what this entails morally and socially. Perry bases his assessments on the guiding image of archetypal man, namely of a being created in the image of God. At the same time, he does not shy away from addressing what the distortion of this archetype entails. He asserts that in creating man, God lent him his own immortal personhood, namely all that we find most lovable in another human creature, in other words his personality. But finally the question for each of us comes down to remembering our divine essence without forgetting our human nothingness., What does it mean to be a human being created in the image of God? Mark Perry defines man and woman according to the guiding images of an archetypal human being and helps us to rediscover the innate grandeur of the human state in the diverse arenas of spirituality, psychology, sociology, art, and love. He also examines what the distortion of this archetype entails, but the better to highlight the excellence of man's divine kingship. Book jacket., What is the essence of a human being seen through the prisms of spirituality, psychology, sociology, and love, and also of sacred art? And seen also through those of leadership and justice, as well as of politics, and even crime, along with the roles of sexuality and marriage? This book defines man and woman in the context of both cosmology and society, but according to the guiding image of an archetypal human being, a holy creature fashioned in the image of God. Perry also examines what the distortion of this archetype entails, but the better to highlight the excellence of man's divine kingship.

LC Classification NumberBL256.P46 2012