A Spirituality for Cosmopolis

This essay will draw from the classical Greek notions of cosmopolis and cosmopolitanism—world citizenship—as a heuristic for contemplating the question of contemporary participation in a wholly good global society. The first part of this paper will explore how the ancient notion of cosmopolis offers...

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Published in:Religions (Basel, Switzerland ) Switzerland ), 2024-12, Vol.15 (12), p.1466
Main Author: Muldoon, Timothy P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bernard Lonergan
Cities
Citizenship
cosmopolis
Cosmopolitanism
Heuristic
International aspects
Internationalism
Philosophers
Philosophy
Pierre Hadot
Political aspects
Political conventions
Politics
Religious aspects
Social aspects
spiritual exercise
Spirituality
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Summary:This essay will draw from the classical Greek notions of cosmopolis and cosmopolitanism—world citizenship—as a heuristic for contemplating the question of contemporary participation in a wholly good global society. The first part of this paper will explore how the ancient notion of cosmopolis offers contemporary thinkers a compelling hermeneutic for considering cultural growth over history. Then, in part two, it will focus on spirituality, returning to the ancient Greek world through the lens of Pierre Hadot’s work on philosophy as spiritual exercise. Finally, this essay will engage Bernard Lonergan’s suggestion that cosmopolis as a heuristic is fundamentally oriented toward reversing the kinds of decline that emerge from shortsightedness and various forms of bias.
ISSN:2077-1444
2077-1444
DOI:10.3390/rel15121466