Wells begins by positing two
kinds of spirituality present within evangelicalism, distinguished in his view not so much by different doctrinal starting - points as differing priorities assigned to moral reasoning.
It is
the kind of spirituality that assures that religion will he kept at safe remove from public life.
See, for example, the writings of Swami Agnivesh and Asgar Ali Engineer.22 Tagore's words express
this kind of spirituality:
(A North Castle Paperback), calling for a stage of consciousness that requires us to develop new
kinds of spirituality and new understandings of religion and of ethics and values as well.
Is it just an account of an unusual sort of religious experience,
a kind of spirituality, as we might say today?
But they can not go on without
some kind of spirituality.
Others can seem too exclusive, where one
kind of spirituality is unfairly dominant over another.
We can also call them pioneers because they are looking for a land of their own where they can build their own
kind of spirituality particular to them without being harassed.
«Einsteinian religion is
a kind of spirituality which is nonsupernatural,» he told the gathering at New York University.
Nor can we say, exactly, that yoga is
a kind of spirituality or religion.
The important thing to remember, as a yoga beginner, is that pretty much whatever type of fitness level you begin from, whatever
kind of spirituality you ascribe to, and whatever kind of results you desire, the right kind of yoga can fulfill your needs.
Whatever
kind of spirituality you do or do not subscribe to, it's becoming increasingly difficult to turn your back on the science that says spiritual beliefs can have profound health benefits, mental and physical.
Their black wood forms, variously shelved or slatted, seem to hold, organize or repress information, perhaps even
a kind of spirituality, which is often embodied by added planes of color or copper.
A down to earth
kind of spirituality, if you will.
But I think that virtually everybody in this movement to save the Earth, or in any fashion do good, is expressing an inherent
kind of spirituality that bubbles out of us like water out of an artisan spring.
Not exact matches
Dave love the cartoon — I'm beginning to think the web is a
kind of stable where Yeshua's
spirituality is being born all over again!
His dozen - plus books include A New
Kind of Christianity, A Generous Orthodoxy, Naked
Spirituality, and Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?
Without the Christ, any
spirituality makes the Westerners only worse with all
kinds of narcissism.
And with this point, we are back once again to Packer's place in the Evangelical movement as a whole: How did such a committed Anglican, a Puritan in
spirituality, and a Calvinist in theology, come to inspire the veneration
of a
kind of Evangelical popedom?
This
kind of mysticism abounds in all ages, in churches and in sects, and outside
of any formal religious body — from medieval mystics to modern Quakers to contemporary college sophomores who talk about their personal «
spirituality.»
But it isn't the
kind of work that a pseudo-pelagian
spirituality will address.
And «
spirituality,» which was a
kind of technical Roman Catholic term then, has become not only generally used by all Christians but used by other traditions as well.
lvarez thinks that to better understand the history and development
of the different
kinds of Pentecostalism, it is important to emphasize three central aspects common to all Pentecostal churches, given the notion that
spirituality should incorporate all aspects
of a believer's life: liturgy, testimony, and evangelization.
They also have
spirituality of many
kinds, and they talk a great deal.
I couldn't connect to the
kind of devotional, emotional
spirituality so many
of my friends seemed to enjoy; and most
of the time I'd rather study the details
of Paul's arguments about justification than meditate on a Psalm.
It is a
kind of imitation
spirituality that mimics spiritual realization in the way that leopard - skin fabric imitates the genuine skin
of a leopard.
I know way more than you can imagine both about
spirituality and about science through both study and experience so I don't throw stuff out that doesn't carry the weight
of some
kind of objectivity.
Spirituality can be about the advancement
of the human spirit and that in itself can mean personal growth, becoming more in touch with our surroundings, with the energy around us, with other people, being
kind to others... etc etc..
NOT sorry to disapoint you but MY religion or
spirituality is NONE
of your business and suits me just fine, makes me a better person, more accepting
of others, more
kind to my fellow earthbound souls, more respectful to mankind and morther earth than all religions combined who unfortunately have over 2ooo years
of evidence
of horrors committed against each other ALL in the name
of the religous organizations you want me to join??? I think I will stick with my smorgasborg
of this and that
spirituality.
Perhaps we shall work for a
kind of humanism with technology on the one hand and
spirituality on the other, bringing these together so that we have a new tradition and also a new pattern
of technological development.
I have suggested elsewhere that value - free technology, the military - industrial complex, and narrow nationalism might be modern examples
of such principalities and powers.9 Hendrikus Berkhof suggests that human traditions, astrology, fixed religious rules, clans, public opinion, race, class, state, and Volk are among the powers.10 Walter Wink sees the powers as the inner aspects
of institutions, their «
spirituality,» the inner spirit or driving force that animates, legitimates, and regulates their outward manifestations.11 They are «the invisible forces that determine human existence «12 When such things dehumanize human life, thwart and distort the human spirit, block God's gift
of shalom, the followers
of Jesus are rallied for a new
kind of holy war.
Listening to some
of those interviewed, even respected people, doubled the disturbing nature
of this dynamic when they excused his behavior by saying things like this was some
kind of special aspect
of his very deep
spirituality that we can't understand.
When Christians live in Sunday alone, they fabricate a
kind of hassle - free approach to Christian
spirituality that, while outwardly appealing, is entirely lacking power.
Yet I argue that participation in initiatives to restore a civil society in America, with appropriate reflective self - understandings, could meet the needs and activate the worldly
spirituality of precisely those millions
of middle -
of - the - road citizens looking for the sorts
of moral meanings, the
kinds of religious roots, these communities used to represent and in some ways still do.
Among converts to Orthodoxy, for instance, as well as among many cradle Orthodox
of a particularly rigorist
kind, Dostoevsky is especially honored for having held firmly to Chalcedonian orthodoxy and having introduced the greater world to the figure
of Father Zosima, from whom all the light
of Eastern Christian contemplative
spirituality shines out; and, more generally, among Christians
of many confessions, Dostoevsky is revered as a prophet, the great Christian anti-Nietzsche, the voice
of ancient Christian truth crying out in the spiritual desert
of the modern West.
But now I feel like I've achieved a
kind of balance by starting this other site... a safe place for people to process their
spirituality independently along with others in a non-confrontational environment.
«It makes you wonder like, «If you know a certain song is going to do better because it says a certain thing, but you
kind of would rather say it a different way, but you're going to say it this way because you know it's going to do better, what does that do to our
spirituality?»
I jump from yammering about homeschooling and my many thoughts on true education and
spirituality and then I'm telling her that we
kind of want to sell everything and move to Africa or India to make some sort
of a difference and have you heard about this, that and the other thing?
When Lisa and I started deconstructing, our transition into a different
kind of theology and
spirituality was not only ground - shaking for us personally, but it put our relationship to an extreme test.
Tyson recently gave money to launch the Tyson Center for Faith and
Spirituality in the Workplace at the University
of Arkansas, one
of the first academic centers
of its
kind.
«
Spirituality» has become a difficult word because it travels with all
kinds of assortments
of baggage.
By then, his continual studies in theology, psychology, science and cosmology had led him to a more universal, inclusive
kind of spiritual worldview and practice which he continues to develop, with particular interest in Christian views and
spirituality.
In the same year an elderly monk from Mount Athos also drove through the desert, looking to establish an American base for a very different
kind of Eastern
spirituality, one more remote (in many ways) from the American religious imagination than ashrams and gurus.
He does nt seem to have any interest to go back to college, and
spirituality is
kind of a pressure to him.
Alcoholics Anonymous, one
of the largest treatment providers for addiction, frames the disorder as a
kind of character defect — one that can be fixed and forgiven through willpower and
spirituality, not science.
No matter what
kind of religion or
spirituality you follow, chanting is transcendental and a wonderful way to speak positive affirmations to the world.
You'll see the usual character descriptors, like age, ethnicity, and career, but you'll also see unique ones like faith and
spirituality type — allowing you to get super specific about your lifestyle and the
kind of people you want to date.
I would like to feel that I'm a very humble,
kind, sharing and very considerate
of others I have grown to no that
spirituality is very important to me I'm at a place in my life where I'm looking to get high on living life to the fullest with that special someone also I take very good care
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