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

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319927701
• ISBN13: 9783319927701
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"