Sobering wisdom : philosophical explorations of twelve step spirituality / edited by Jerome A. Miller and Nicholas Plants.
Contributor(s): Miller, Jerome A [editor.]
| Plants, Nicholas [editor.]
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TextPublisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014Description: viii, 256 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780813936529 (cloth : alk. paper); 0813936527 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Religion -- Philosophy | Twelve-step programs -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 204/.42 LOC classification: BL51 | .S6145 2014Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) and index.
Part one: Facing powerlessness, experiencing empowerment -- Being powerless to change: the wisdom of the first step / J. Jeremy Wisnewski -- Powerlessness and responsibility in Twelve Step narratives / Mary Jean Walker -- Vulnerability, addiction, and recovery / Corbin Casarez -- Addiction and tears / Jerome A. Miller -- Part two: A power greater than oneself? -- An inclusive spirituality? Naturalism in the Twelve Step tradition / Gerald Cantu -- Atheism and twelve step spirituality / Sean McAleer -- Transcending the power struggle: relating to the infinite / Joseph Arel -- "Ordinary" spirituality: one Buddhist apporach to imperfection / Wamae Muriuki -- Part three: Recovering selfhood -- The sober addict: a god brought low by grace / Jason Danner -- Paradoxes of authenticity in Twelve Step spirituality / Nicholas Plants -- Is Twelve Step spirituality compatible with autonomy? Foucault, "care of the self," and spiritual surender / Russell Anderson -- Part four: "I can't, we can": the role of others in recovering selfhood -- Being-together-toward recovery / Stuart Grant -- Friendship, accountability, and mutual growth in virture / John Houston -- Get over yourself: self-transformation in the Confucian and Twelve Step traditions / Mary K. Riley -- Part five: Transforming viture: taking a moral inventory of Twelve Step spirituality -- The virtues of the Twelve Steps / Matthew Pianalto -- Stoic philosophy and AA: the enduring wisdom of the Serenity Prayer / Morgan Rempel -- Realizing gratitude / S.E. West.