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Article: The Praxis of Spirituality: Experiencing God and Responding to that Relationship, by Janet K. Ruffing
Janet Ruffing begins her article by describing some of the questions facing Christian spirituality studies today. For Ruffing, practice begins with an inner experience of God followed by reflection and interpretation to discern its meaning. She then shows how mystical … Continue reading
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Tagged experience, meditation, mysticism, neuroscience, practice, prayer
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Article: Reading Ruusbroec in Argentina: Darkness, Loss and the Common Life, by Douglas E. Christie
After Douglas Christie visited La Perla, a site in Argentina infamous for its role as a place of torture and death during that country’s “Dirty War”, he turned to the writings of Jan van Ruusbroec and Michel de Certeau to help … Continue reading
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Tagged absence, experience, humility, Jan van Ruusbroec, loss, Michel de Certeau, mysticism
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Book: Poetic Revelations: Word Made Flesh Made Word, ed. by Mark Burrows, Jean Ward, and Malgorzata Gregorgzewska
Mark Burrows, Poetry Editor of the SSCS journal Spiritus, has co-edited this multi-author collection of essays which one reviewer has described as “an important resource for students of Christian spirituality.” According to the book’s introductory blurb: This book explores the much debated relation of … Continue reading
Article: Enacting the Spiritual Self: Buddhist-Christian Identity As Participatory Action, by Duane R. Bidwell
Duane Bidwell’s essay was his contribution to a symposium on multiple religious belonging. It appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of Spiritus (v. 15, n. 1, pp. 105-112). Here is an excerpt: . . . this essay is not a history of my … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhist, Buddhist-Christian, experience, practice, religious identity
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Book: Spiritual Connection in Daily Life, by Lynn Underwood
Lynn Underwood’s book has just been published, along with a web page with information about it. According to Lynn, “The book uses sixteen questions, the scientifically validated Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES), developed using extensive cross-cultural and in depth interviews. This included … Continue reading
Spirituality at the University—Twenty Years Later
Philip Endean’s “Spirituality and the University,” first published in The Way 84 (1995): 87-99, served as a springboard for the panel’s discussion of current theoretical and methodological questions in the field of Christian Spirituality. The panel members were Gilberto Cavazos-Gonzalez, … Continue reading
