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Author | : Ken Wilber |
Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2005-02-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0834822946 |
In one of the first attempts to bring an integral dimension to sociology, Ken Wilber introduces a system of reliable methods by which to make testable judgments of the authenticity of any religious movement. A Sociable God is a concise work based on Wilber's "spectrum of consciousness" theory, which views individual and cultural development as an evolutionary continuum. Here he focuses primarily on worldviews (archaic, magic, mythic, mental, psychic, subtle, causal, nondual) and evaluates various cultural and religious movements on a scale ranging from egocentric to ethnocentric to worldcentric to Kosmic. By using this integral view, Wilber hopes, society would be able to discriminate between dangerous cults and authentic spiritual paths. In addition, he points out why these distinctions are crucial in understanding spiritual experiences and altered states of consciousness. In a lengthy new introduction, the author brings the reader up to date on his latest integral thinking and concludes that, for the succinct and elegant way it argues for a sociology of depth, A Sociable God remains a clarion call for a greater sociology.
Author | : Ken Wilber |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Consciousness |
ISBN | : 9781570625084 |
Author | : Ken Wilber |
Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Religion |
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Author | : Nancy Jean Davis |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0253002346 |
Claiming Society for God focuses on common strategies employed by religiously orthodox, fundamentalist movements around the world. Rather than employing terrorism, as much of post-9/11 thinking suggests, these movements use a patient, under-the-radar strategy of infiltrating and subtly transforming civil society. Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson tell the story of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Shas in Israel, Comunione e Liberazione in Italy, and the Salvation Army in the United States. They show how these movements build massive grassroots networks of religiously based social service agencies, hospitals, schools, and businesses to bring their own brand of faith to popular and political fronts.
Author | : Stanley J. Grenz |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780664222031 |
In this, the first of a six-volume contribution to systematic theology, Grenz creatively extends the insights of contemporary Trinitarian thought to theological anthropology. "The Social God and the Relational Self" is an example of theological construction as an ongoing conversation involving biblical texts, the theological heritage of the Christian tradition, and the contemporary historical-social context.
Author | : Ken Wilber |
Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Consciousness |
ISBN | : 9781570625039 |
Part of a series of 12 volumes of Ken Wilbur's work, this volume contains A Sociable God and Eye to Eye.
Author | : William S Sax |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2009-01-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0199714673 |
In God of Justice, anthropologist William S. Sax offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India. Based on ten years' ethnographic fieldwork, God of Justice shows how these practices are part of a moral system based on the principle of family unity.
Author | : Dr. Stephen D. Unwin |
Publisher | : Forum Books |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2004-10-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1400054788 |
Does God exist? This is probably the most debated question in the history of mankind. Scholars, scientists, and philosophers have spent their lifetimes trying to prove or disprove the existence of God, only to have their theories crucified by other scholars, scientists, and philosophers. Where the debate breaks down is in the ambiguities and colloquialisms of language. But, by using a universal, unambiguous language—namely, mathematics—can this question finally be answered definitively? That’s what Dr. Stephen Unwin attempts to do in this riveting, accessible, and witty book, The Probability of God. At its core, this groundbreaking book reveals how a math equation developed more than 200 years ago by noted European philosopher Thomas Bayes can be used to calculate the probability that God exists. The equation itself is much more complicated than a simple coin toss (heads, He’s up there running the show; tails, He’s not). Yet Dr. Unwin writes with a clarity that makes his mathematical proof easy for even the nonmathematician to understand and a verve that makes his book a delight to read. Leading you carefully through each step in his argument, he demonstrates in the end that God does indeed exist. Whether you’re a devout believer and agree with Dr. Unwin’s proof or are unsure about all things divine, you will find this provocative book enlightening and engaging. “One of the most innovative works [in the science and religion movement] is The Probability of God...An entertaining exercise in thinking.”—Michael Shermer, Scientific American “Unwin’s book [is] peppered with wry, self-deprecating humor that makes the scientific discussions more accessible...Spiritually inspiring.”--Chicago Sun Times “A pleasantly breezy account of some complicated matters well worth learning about.”--Philadelphia Inquirer “One of the best things about the book is its humor.”--Cleveland Plain Dealer “In a book that is surprisingly lighthearted and funny, Unwin manages to pack in a lot of facts about science and philosophy.”--Salt Lake Tribune
Author | : George D. McClain |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Church and social problems |
ISBN | : 9780687004898 |
As a Christian social activist, George McClain found himself yearning for a sense of integration between his active life and his spiritual life. At one point, not knowing what spiritual direction really was, he enrolled in a training program for spiritual directors. In the inner dialogue between that course and his social activism, he recognized the importance of a focused spiritual life in augmenting one's social witness. McClain surveyed other social activists and found that they too responded as he once had - making decisions in the arena of social witness in terms of what they should do, making personal decisions on the basis of what they discerned that God wanted them to do. This book is McClain's attempt to name this disjuncture in the lives of people of faith, to build on the growing intersection in people's lives of action for justice and the inner journey in the Spirit, and to offer rituals groups can use to begin to be religious together.
Author | : Julie L. Horan |
Publisher | : Citadel Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Toilet paraphernalia |
ISBN | : 9780806519470 |
Traces the history of the toilet from the third millennium B.C. and its evolution over five thousand years into the high-tech twentieth century toilets of the Japanese.