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Spirituality and Responding to the Meaning Crisis Part 4: Why Meaning Can Be Put at Risk

July 6, 2015July 24, 2014 by John Vervaeke

How can our sense of meaning and identity in the world be threatened, and why is our particular historical situation so threatening to it?

Categories Free Tags absurdity, alienation, depression, existence, meaning, mystery, philosophy 7 Comments
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