Contemporary Spiritualities
Social and Religious Contexts
Contemporary Spiritualities
Social and Religious Contexts
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780826449474
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 01/08/2001
Spirituality can be understood within both a religious and secular context. Fuelled by the controversy that surrounds different understandings of human identity and notions of progress, knowledge and truth in modernist and postmodernist contexts, the concept of spirituality is a hotly contested topic of debate as to its relevance within contemporary culture and its meaning within religious traditions. This book aims to inform readers on this debate and contextualize it within these different frames of reference. It approaches the topic of spirituality with an identification of the major influences on contemporary thinking and presents a coherent framework of understanding that links divergent thinking into a common goal. Writings range across different thinkers and practitioners within established religious tradition, contemporary movements and those who operate within psychological and 'secular' understandings. Focusing on the question 'what does it mean to be human?' this engaging study attempts to overcome the divide between secular and religious understandings of spirituality.
Section 1 Influential writers and thinkers: influential writers and thinkers - a retrospective reconsideration and a contemporary contextualisation, Clive Erricker; mysticism and contemporary society - some Teihardian reflections, Ursula King; Bede Griffiths and the one universal reality, Shirley du Boulay; Thomas Merton -monk for the contemporary world, Danny Sullivan; Jiddu Krishnamurti and the open secret, Clive Erricker; the Dalai Lama - dimensions of spirituality, Geshe Thupten Jinpa; Carole Christ's "Narrative Theology", Ruth Mantin. Section 2 Faith communities: faith communities - spiritual diversity, hope and tension in the modern world, Clive Erricke; in the realm of the deathless -the Buddhist Forest Retreat Order, Clive Erricke; a society in transition - ISKCON's spiritual path, Anna King; the Amish - case study of a religious community, Richard Stevick; "until the power of the Lord comes down" - African American Pentecostal spirituality and Tarrying, David D. Daniels III; Taize - a global and post-colonial theology of community, Liam Geron; the Diaspora of the Khoja Shi'a Ithnasheeries, Clive Erricker; street spirituality - a narrative case study of a street community, Jane Erricker.
"The book is readable and coherent." Theological Book Review Feed the Minds
