Spirituality and religious experience

"e;There are no unsacred places,"e; the poet Wendell Berry has written.

Marion Goldman and Steven Pfaff define a spiritual virtuoso as someone who works toward personal purification and a sense of holiness with the same perseverance and intensity that virtuosi strive to excel in the arts or athletics.

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

Originally published in 1969.

The Jewish mystic path and its practices to attain God-consciousness.

Increasingly, many Christians and spiritual seekers feel they are in a sort of wilderness space where the familiar, settled, and normal parts of life have become unsettled, out of balance.

From earliest times humanity has sought to understand its place and role in the world, has sought for meaning.

'A brilliant introduction to prayer' Richard Rohr, Author of Everything BelongsOne of America's most beloved spiritual leaders and the New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage teaches anyone to converse with God in this comprehensive guide to prayer.

By the early twenty-first century, Americans had embraced a holistic vision of work, that one's job should be imbued with meaning and purpose, that business should serve not only stockholders but also the common good, and that, for many, should attend to the spiritual health of individuals and society alike.

This book is a vital resource for intervention programs, educators, social workers, counselors, psychotherapists, pastoral counselors, and survivors of intimate violence and their families.

Witchcraft has proven an important, if difficult, historical subject to investigate and interpret over the last four decades or so.

Help sustain the Jewish tradition's legacy of community leadership by building strong leaders today.

The human race has reached a Time of Choosing.

There have been many prophecies recorded throughout human history.

This collection of essays considers the role of spirituality and religion in the lives of American women from various ethnic backgrounds, showing how faith empowers those in populations often marginalized in the United States.

A collection of extraordinary oral histories of American nuns, Habits of Change captures the experiences of women whose lives over the past fifty years have been marked by dramatic transformation.

Each of us has a tribal ancestry.

Second volume of widely praised study of religion and ethics in the eighteenth century.

Luigi Gioia is one of the most insightful commentators on monastic and priestly life today.

This book covers the ideological motives and religious perceptions behind travel to sites prescribed with sanctity in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

For centuries, people have been drawn to the Christian mystics--women and men who have known God in powerful and experiential ways.

Where did we come from?

"e;Why does God hate me?

I Brake for Butterflies - Finding Divinity in All That Is, by Judith M.

This book examines spirituality in Singapore, showing how important the city state is for understanding contemporary global configurations of urban space, religion, and spirituality.

Compiled from conversations between John (J.

The Anglican Communion is said to be coming apart at the seams.

This book explores how Sufis approach their faith as Muslims, upholding an Islamic worldview, but going about making sense of their religion through the world in which they exist, often in unexpected ways.

First produced by Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church, this 12-session group is perfect for groups just beginning their faith walk or for anyone looking for a deeper foundation.

Father Luigi Giussani engaged tirelessly in educational initiatives throughout the course of his life.

In Deutschland gibt es das Sprichwort: "Reden ist Silber, Schweigen ist Gold.

In 1999 His Holiness The Dalai Lama published the bestselling Ancient Wisdom: Modern World, which addressed the question of ethics for the new millennium.

Hope changes everything.

Cancer diagnosis and treatment can make a person feel both frightened and powerless; Anna Fitch Courie takes a different approach: Join her as she embarks on an epic journey with God after finding out she has cancer.

Eine faszinierende Reise durch die spirituellen Traditionen der Welt mit dem renommierten Religionsphilosophen Alan Watts.

Ask a random American what springs to mind about Sedona, Arizona, and they will almost certainly mention New Age spirituality.

Do you find it difficult to turn to prayer when you need it most?

Himalayan Hermitess is a vivid account of the life and times of a Buddhist nun living on the borderlands of Tibetan culture.

Two groups were persecuted over the course of four hundred years in what is now the southwestern United States, each dissimulating and disguising who they truly were.

Hope is a central topic in spiritual care.

Part 1, Human Experience, examines the spiritual lessons implicit in daily living, the need for educational reforms, the causes and purposes of personal suffering, special problems and opportunities of youth and age, problems of marriage and relationship, and how to convert contemporary crises into opportunities for dramatic spiritual growth.

A guide to embracing emptiness to declutter the mind and distill our experience of daily life to its essential beauty, clarity, and joy A truly extraordinary and transformative book.

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

The New York Times bestselling author and senior fellow at the Discovery Institute blends science and religion in this thoughtful guide that teaches modern believers how to use the leading wellness trend todayintermittent fastingas a means of spiritual awakening, adopting the traditions our Christians ancestors practiced for centuries into daily life.