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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
