caa a22 4500 475816803 CHVBK 20180406123812.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1004666616236 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1004666616236 Halling Steen Seattle University, Seattle, Washington aut Meaning Beyond Heroic Illusions? Transcendence in Everyday Life [Elektronische Daten] [Steen Halling] Ernest Becker's theory of human evil is as devastating as it is incisive since he identifies the uniquely human capacity for transcendence as the source of evil. Anticipating our own death, we turn to elaborately constructed "heroic illusions” that give us meaning and the promise of immortality while treating those with different ideologies as opponents. This article summarizes Becker's interpretation of evil and discusses how transcendence is understood by contemporary thinkers such as Karl Rahner. It concludes by examining "breakthroughs” in personal relationships as transcendent experiences that are deeply meaningful but do not involve the construction of others as enemies. Blanton-Peale Institute, 2000 evil nationallicence transcendence nationallicence personal relationships nationallicence Ernest Becker nationallicence illusions nationallicence Journal of Religion and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 39/2(2000-06-01), 143-158 0022-4197 39:2<143 2000 39 10943 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004666616236 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004666616236 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Halling Steen Seattle University, Seattle, Washington aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Religion and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 39/2(2000-06-01), 143-158 0022-4197 39:2<143 2000 39 10943 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer