TY  - BOOK
AU  - Küng,Hans
AU  - Küng,Hans
TI  - What I Believe
SN  - 9781441116949
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
KW  - Küng, Hans,-1928-
KW  - Theology
KW  - Faith
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Preface: A View of the World as a Whole -- 1 Trust in Life -- The cornerstone of a healthy personality -- Trust in life put to the test -- An apparently sure philosophical basis -- What I doubt -- Crises in life -- Putting off a decision about life -- Not a very helpful theology -- The fate of 'unbelievers' -- A spiritual experience -- No fear of deep waters -- Trust in life and religious faith -- Trust also as a basis of science, politics and business -- 2 Joy in Life -- 'Joyful science' -- Is the main thing for me to be happy? -- Happy co-existence -- You can't trust everyone -- Joy in nature -- And the animals? -- Not nature mysticism, but a bond with nature -- Cosmic religion -- Approach to an impenetrable mystery -- Joy in life to the end -- 3 Way of Life -- Humankind's way of life -- Learning to behave in a human way -- An ethic for survival -- Pointers that fail? -- Where do we find orientation? -- An ethic for everyone -- Humanity the basic criterion -- A humanistic ethic and world religions meet -- Pointers towards more humanity -- Going my way -- 4 Meaning in Life -- What are we on earth for? -- The question of meaning in science and business -- The individual's question of meaning -- Loss of meaning -- Working to live -- Living to work? -- Experiencing life -- A fulfilled life? -- Fulfilling oneself? -- Isn't too much asked of the self? -- The 'lesser'meaning -- The 'greater' meaning -- 5 Foundation of Life -- Does belief in God have a future? -- Belief in God versus science and democracy -- God - a projection of longing? -- Religion - an outdated model? -- What speaks against religion? -- What speaks for religion? -- A spirituality with rationality -- Getting to the foundation of things -- Evolution towards humanity -- Is the infinite a real dimension? -- 'Tuning in' to music -- Traces of transcendence; 6 Power of Life -- A new look at the religions -- Mystical spirituality? -- God - personal or apersonal? -- Pray or meditate? -- A higher form of praying? -- The one God and the many gods? -- The power of life and the other powers -- The fall of the gods, ancient and modern -- God as 'spirit' -- Creative origin: no particular model of the world -- Belief in miracles today? -- Consummation: our last hour? -- 7 Model of Life -- Religions in competition -- The Hindu model -- The Buddhist model -- The Confucian model -- The Jewish model -- Falsified Christian spirituality -- The Christian model -- A unique life -- A unique dying -- A model of life in person -- The Muslim model -- Steadfastness and readiness for dialogue -- 8 Suffering in Life -- A fundamental question:Why do I suffer? -- Justifying God in the face of suffering? -- The dialectic of suffering in God himself? -- God's impotence in the face of the Holocaust -- A crucified God? -- The Enlightened and the Crucified -- The insoluble riddle of theodicy -- The cross misunderstood -- The cross in one's own life -- Test question for humanists -- How does one hold on? -- The great freedom -- 9 The Art of Living -- Eros and agape -- The power of love -- Love as the fulfilment of the global ethic -- Peace through renouncing rights -- Using power in favour of others -- Being moderate in consumption -- Upbringing in mutual respect -- Sport in fairness -- Health but not a fixation on health -- The art of living -- The art of dying -- 10 Vision of Life -- Farewell to the big pseudo-religious ideologies -- A realistic vision of hope -- A plea before the United Nations -- The new paradigm of a more peaceful world politics -- The new paradigm of a more just world economy -- Hope for a unity of the churches -- Hope for peace between the religions -- Hope for a community of nations; History cannot be calculated -- My last vision -- For Further Reading: A Selection of Books by Hans Küng in English -- A Word of Thanks
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