Spirituality and religious experience

This collection of essays considers topics in pastoral theology, pastoral care and counseling, pastoral leadership, and social work, and attends to challenges and opportunities pertaining to the support and care of persons in need.

Forgiveness is a profound, life-changing experience for many people who have been hurt by others.

How do we care justly when selves suffer because of the identities that they inhabit?

"Dein reines Herz ist der Schlüssel zur Heilung deiner Existenz.

How Do You Minister to People Who Are Spiritual but Not Religious?

Tramps, lazy, cheaters.

DU LIEST DIESES BUCH, WEIL DU SPÜRST, DASS DU ERWACHST.

This anthropological work thoroughly illustrates the novel synthesis of Christian religion and New Age spirituality in Greece.

Spiritualität ist für viele ein bewegendes Thema – sowohl im Durchleben der Trauer nach einem Verlust als auch im begleitenden Mitgehen mit Trauernden.

The Body is a practical course in reducing the physical obstacles that retard progress in meditation and obstruct the unfolding of spiritual intuition and/or stabilizing higher awareness.

Since the late 1970's practical theology has had a significant voice and influence in the academy.

Apophatic theology, or negative theology, attempts to describe God, the Divine Good, by negation, to speak only in terms of what may not be said about the perfect goodness that is God.

Like many Native Americans, Ojibwe people esteem the wisdom, authority, and religious significance of old age, but this respect does not come easily or naturally.

Originally published in 1961, Christianity Among the Religions examines whether it is possible to learn from other religions without compromising on personal religious loyalties.

A view into the sophisticated and highly advanced civilization that preceded the world of the pharaohs *; Presents historical evidence of the civilization ruled by the ';gods' that the Egyptians claimed preceded their own *; Explains who these prehistoric people were, what happened to them, and why they built a series of pyramids along the west bank of the Nile River Traditional Egyptologists have long resisted the notion that the architectural achievements of the Ancient Egyptians required the existence of a much more sophisticated technology than would have existed at that time.

Über alle Zeitalter hinweg beschäftigten sich die Menschen mit Magie.

The attempt to identify the emotional sources of religion goes back to antiquity.

People yearn for a sense of belonging.

Life is a Pilgrimage is an inspiring and thought provoking selection of the discourses sent by Sufi teacher Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan to his students from 1983 to 2004.

Living With Angels offers a practical introduction to angels and how to experience and communicate with them, as well as easy-to-follow exercises on how to contact your guardian angel.

Conspiracy Theorizing explore how should individuals with the Christian faith should react to conspiracy theories, their untruths, and their dangers.

Sheed & Ward, in partnership with Commonweal magazine, presents the second of two volumes in the groundbreaking series, American Catholics in the Public Square, a project funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

You probably speak 20,000 words a day, give or take, and each one influences those who listen.

If the Bible is allowed to be the standard by which blacks and whites determine truth, then freedom from this moral and racial malaise will be the outcome; for as Jesus taught, the truth has a unique capacity of making people free.

Mentoring Emerging AdultsSharon Daloz Parks has written Big Questions, Worthy Dreams to inform and inspire renewed commitment by educators, church leaders, and others to consider the institutional and cultural patterns that affect emerging adults.

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Enduring lessons from the desert soundscapes that shaped the Christian monastic traditionFor the hermits and communal monks of antiquity, the desert was a place to flee the cacophony of ordinary life in order to hear and contemplate the voice of God.

According to Jennifer Kennedy Dean, "e;God's people are 'silver'-they are the most malleable, the most resistant to corrosion, the most reflective, and the best conductors of power.

One of the most striking features of contemporary psychology is the return of language of the 'soul' in contemporary discourse.

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The Ecstasy Beyond Knowing represents the distilled wisdom of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan’s long lifetime of spiritual seeking and experiences, his dialogues and deep friendships with other mystics and spiritual teachers, and his explorations into the nature of reality with scientists and philosophers.

We think of love as being selfless and unsullied, yet it is often mixed up with other conflicting emotions.

Medial Begabte waren von alters her in den verschiedensten Kulturen eine Quelle schöpferischen Handelns - sei es in der Kunst, sei es als Seher oder Berater.

Sheed & Ward, in partnership with Commonweal magazine, presents the second of two volumes in the groundbreaking series, American Catholics in the Public Square, a project funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Demystifying Meaningful Coincidences (Synchronicities): The Evolving Self, the Personal Unconscious, and the Creative Process offers an original theory of the nature of meaningful coincidences (synchronicities) and their practical use from a naturalistic (nonsupernatural and non-Jungian) perspective.

The debate over women's roles in the Southern Baptist Convention's conservative ascendance is often seen as secondary to theological and biblical concerns.

Manu is considered a law giver in the Hindu tradition.

Der Dalai Lama gehört zu den bedeutendsten spirituellen Führern unserer Zeit und genießt im Westen den allerhöchsten Respekt.

In The Mist-Filled Path, Frank MacEowen shows how embracing the indigenous wisdom of Scotland and Ireland can lead to healing and transcendence.

Explores the central role played by the galaxy in both ancient and modern times in the transformation of the human spirit.

When Micha Boyett's son was born with Down syndrome and later diagnosed with autism, she was drawn into the ancient teachings of the Beatitudes.

Throughout the ages, shamans and mystics have recognized that all created things share some level of consciousness, and that the ordinary and non-ordinary realities interact.