86. A Brief History of God (w/ Nish Dubashia)

Nish Dubashia walks through his new book, A Brief History of God: From Nature Spirits to Cosmic Consciousness, the newest offering from Sky Meadow Press.

After laying out his framework for religion as a story of the self's aspiration to reunite with Spirit, Nish goes through the major stages of religion's evolution, from humanity's tribal origins to the rise of polytheism in early agricultural civilizations to the Axial Age transformation of transcendence to the modern shift to materialism and the postmodern emphasis on pluralistic harmony. We then explore post-postmodern forms of religiosity as an integral perspective before Nish's concluding speculations on the future of spirituality.

0:00 Introduction

1:12 A Brief History of 'A Brief History of God'

6:11 Religion's Archetypal Story: The Dance of Self and Spirit

11:25 Stage 1. The Beginning of Spiritual Awareness

16:11 Stage 2. The Rise of Individualism

25:27 Stage 3. Tradition and the Search for Order

34:08 Stage 4. Science and the Quest for Truth

41:59 Stage 5. The Path to Harmony

53:17 Stage 6. Bridging Perspectives

1:00:53 Stage 7. Holistic Spirituality

1:09:41 The Future of Spirituality

Link for the book: https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-God-Spirits-Consciousness/dp/B0FH28Q63K/

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