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Moralistic therapeutic deism (MTD) is a term that was first introduced in the 2005 book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by the sociologist Christian Smith [1] with Melinda Lundquist Denton. [2] The term is used to describe what they consider to be the common beliefs among young people in the United States.
In the years preceding this publication, Jung had experienced several dramatic shifts. After the Bugishu Psychological Expedition through East Africa with George Beckwith, Helton Godwin Baynes, and Ruth Bailey, Jung returned to Zürich and focused on the lecture format of his English seminars at the Psychological Club - eventually attracting a new group of international followers. [1]
Toward a Meaningful Life is a book authored by Chabad Hasidic writer Simon Jacobson. [1] The book became the basis of a six-part course titled Toward a Meaningful Life: A Soul-Searching Journey for Every Jew by the Jewish Learning Institute. [2] The book elucidates the teachings of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Rebbe of Chabad. [3]
Man's Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose to each person's life through one of three ways: the completion of tasks, caring for another person, or finding meaning by facing suffering with dignity.
Reviewing the work in 1953 for The New York Times upon the publication of the book’s English translation, Peter Viereck wrote “The Captive Mind is the most important soul-searching ever published about… [the] love-hate ambivalence between communism and uprooted intellectuals.” [10]
In the United Kingdom, the book was published by Hodder & Stoughton with the subtitle Searching for Meaningful Faith. [5] Random House published a paperback edition in 2003 with the subtitle How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church. [6] In the book, Yancey profiles thirteen authors who helped him in his Christian faith.
The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul is a 1981 collection of essays and other texts about the nature of the mind and the self, edited with commentary by philosophers Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett. The texts range from early philosophical and fictional musings on a subject that could seemingly only be examined ...
Destinies of the Soul (published in French as Des destinées de l'âme) is an 1879 book notable for being bound in human skin. It was written by Arsène Houssaye and published by C. Lévi in Paris. [1] The book was owned by Ludovic Bouland before it was acquired by the Harvard Library in 1934. The book was not confirmed to be bound in human ...