Sourcebook of the World's Religions: An Interfaith Guide to Religion and SpiritualityJoel Beversluis New World Library, 2011 M02 8 - 420 pages Now in its third edition, this is the most comprehensive work available on the rich variety of paths available to today's spiritual seekers. More than an academic reference, it explores how religions can collaborate to help the world. Essays exploring the realm of building an interfaith community add to the book's detailed portraits of the major religious traditions. The Sourcebook also contains essays on spiritual practices as diverse as theosophy, wicca, and indigenous religions. This revised edition of the Sourcebook offers an unparalleled look at where spirituality is headed in the coming millennium. |
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Page xi
... ethical, political, economic and environmental disasters that are rooted in spiritual disorder. Which future vision and reality shall we choose? It's clear that religious and spiritual communities do help create, and often lead the ...
... ethical, political, economic and environmental disasters that are rooted in spiritual disorder. Which future vision and reality shall we choose? It's clear that religious and spiritual communities do help create, and often lead the ...
Page xii
... ethical and appropriate action. Now, as we move across the threshold into a new century and millennium, through the swirling nexus of beliefs, wisdom, conflicts, challenges, and opportunities, we must each begin to answer that question ...
... ethical and appropriate action. Now, as we move across the threshold into a new century and millennium, through the swirling nexus of beliefs, wisdom, conflicts, challenges, and opportunities, we must each begin to answer that question ...
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... Ethical Guidance in Christianity Christians characteristically ask not “What is the good?” but “What purposes and patterns of conduct are in keeping with being faithful people of God?” Since Pentecost, Christian communities have ...
... Ethical Guidance in Christianity Christians characteristically ask not “What is the good?” but “What purposes and patterns of conduct are in keeping with being faithful people of God?” Since Pentecost, Christian communities have ...
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... ethical norm reinforces the others, serving the common eco-social good by joining what is socially just with what is ecologically right. Enriching Theological Traditions The covenant theology tradition, going back to Augustine, and ...
... ethical norm reinforces the others, serving the common eco-social good by joining what is socially just with what is ecologically right. Enriching Theological Traditions The covenant theology tradition, going back to Augustine, and ...
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... ethical spirituality knows the value and transcience of selves in relation to the great Self, the living interdependence of all things, and the joy of personal communion within the matrix of life—a sacred community. Passionist Fr ...
... ethical spirituality knows the value and transcience of selves in relation to the great Self, the living interdependence of all things, and the joy of personal communion within the matrix of life—a sacred community. Passionist Fr ...
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