Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. “God” 7
6. Historical Retrospect 19
7. The Case for Shared Absolutes 31
8. Life Symbols That Essentialize 37
9. Social and Ethical Absolutes 61
10. Purity 75
11. Reality and Being 83
12. Three Ways to God 117
13. The Gita within Walden Expanded: A Poetics for Activism 133
14. Conclusions 145
15. References 149
16. Index 159