spirituality

M.E.M.O.

Me, my church and I

"Spirituality" versus "religion"
Jan 25, 2005 by Martin E. Marty
"Spirituality” versus “religion” has become a defining conflict of our time.
Books

The Way Things Are: Conversations with Huston Smith

Huston Smith; Phil Cousineau, ed.

The Way Things Are: Conversations with Huston Smith on the Spiritual Life

May 18, 2004 reviewed by Marcia Z. Nelson
It’s amazing and comforting to realize that world religions scholar Huston Smith, 84, has been toiling in the fields of the Lord for more than 40 years, teaching more than one generation of students and readers the many names by which the Lord is called.
Books

Walking a Literary Labyrinth: A Spirituality of Reading

Nancy M. Malone

Bibliotherapy

Mar 09, 2004 reviewed by Barbara Brown Taylor
There are some of us who read more than we pray. We know we should pray more. We mean to pray more. But something happens to us when we read that does not happen when we pray. We find our lives by losing them. We enter into communion with people whom we have never met, some of whom never existed in the world we call real.
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'Spirituality' triumphs

Episcopalians' language of faith
Aug 23, 2003 by William Sachs
It is tempting to view the fracas over a gay bishop as another instance of liberals sparring with conservatives. Like revision of the Book of Common Prayer and approval of the ordination of women, Gene Robinson’s confirmation as a bishop in the Episcopal Church could be interpreted as a victory for liberals intent on affirming diversity and securing justice for excluded minorities.
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Spiritual things

Gratitude is where the spiritual life begins
Mar 22, 2003 by John M. Buchanan
Somehow I managed to get a theological education and practice several decades of parish ministry without encountering the idea of spirituality. In fact, I don’t recall even hearing the word until about ten years ago.
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Missing ingredient

Why spirituality needs Jesus
Mar 22, 2003 by Eugene H. Peterson
The seething energies of spirituality are evident everywhere. That is good. What is not so good is that spirituality is also prone to lack of clarity, making it difficult to carry on a conversation about it.
Books

Spiritual, but Not Religious: Understanding Unchurched America

Robert C. Fuller

Table for one

Mar 13, 2002 reviewed by David Dawson
That a book like this would eventually be published became clear to me years ago, when I opened an “Introduction to Christian Thought” class by inviting students to reflect on the nature of religion.