The Face of God : The Quest for Spirituality and Transcendence

The Face of God : The Quest for Spirituality and Transcendence
Author: KIKI EN CHRIST
Publisher: KIKI EN CHRIST
Total Pages: 298
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

In this modern world where materialism reigns supreme, the quest for spirituality and transcendence is more vital than ever for humanity. In his book "The Face of God", the author offers us a deep exploration of this universal quest. Through a rigorous analysis of the spiritual tradition and its various manifestations, the author shows us how spirituality can be a source of wisdom, healing and personal transformation. It invites us to become aware of the importance of cultivating our relationship with the divine. But the author is not content to offer us a simple intellectual analysis of spirituality. Rather, it invites us to a deep and personal experience of transcendence through meditation, prayer, and contemplation of nature. "The Face of God" is a book that touches the heart and mind. If you're looking to broaden your spiritual horizon, this is the book for you.

God of Becoming and Relationship

God of Becoming and Relationship
Author: Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2013-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1580237886

You no longer have to choose between what you know and what you believe—an accessible introduction to a theological game-changer. "I wrote this book for you if you want to be able to locate your life in a single, encompassing story, one that includes everything from the first moment the universe began until yesterday, a narrative that embraces deepest personal meaning, a yearning to love and be loved, a quest for social justice and compassion." —from the Introduction Much of what you were told you should believe when you were younger forces you to choose between your spirit and your intellect, between science and religion, between morality and dogma: unchanging laws of nature vs. miracles that sound magical; a good God vs. the tragedies that strike all living creatures; a God who knows the future absolutely vs. an open future that you help to shape through your choices. This fascinating introduction to Process Theology from a Jewish perspective shows that these are false choices. Inspiring speaker, spiritual leader and philosopher Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson presents an overview of what Process Theology is and what it can mean for your spiritual life. He explains how Process Theology can break you free from the strictures of ancient Greek and medieval European philosophy, allowing you to see all creation not as this or that, us or them, but as related patterns of energy through which we connect to everything. Armed with Process insights and tools, you can break free from outdated religious dichotomies and affirm that your religiosity, your spirit, your mind and your ethics all strengthen and refine each other.

Deism - Philosophy and Spirituality

Deism - Philosophy and Spirituality
Author: Luan Ferr
Publisher: Ahzuria Publishing
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2023-09-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Deism is the religion that has captivated brilliant minds throughout human history, such as Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. The book "Deism: From Philosophy to Religion" explores the quest for knowledge of God. Marcel Dubois, a master of deism, presents a vision of God as a transcendental entity who established the natural laws of the universe. The book addresses the problem of limited and anthropomorphic understanding of God found in many religions. The proposed solution is reason as a tool to explore the divine through a non-dogmatic perspective. The book discusses topics such as the relationship between God, science, and human existence from a deistic perspective and brilliantly narrates the journey of the soul. With his experience as a master of deism, Marcel Dubois offers an in-depth insight into the principles of this non-dogmatic religious philosophy. The book invites the reader on a journey of questioning and reflection in the pursuit of understanding God and the universe, a quest that can only be undertaken through the use of reason.

Spiritual Envy

Spiritual Envy
Author: Michael Krasny
Publisher: New World Library
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2012
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 160868069X

Krasny brings his wide-ranging knowledge and perceptive intelligence to a thoughtful and thought-provoking exploration of belief--and lack of belief. He helps believers and nonbelievers alike understand their own questions about faith and religion. Personal and universal, timely and timeless, this is a deeply wise yet warmly welcoming conversation, an invitation to ask one's own questions--no matter how inconclusive the answers.

A Stranger in the House of God

A Stranger in the House of God
Author: John Koessler
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2009-08-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310864216

Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outside wondered about the God they worshipped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. A Stranger in the House of God addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers. Like a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress, it traces the author’s journey and explores his experiences with both charismatic and evangelical Christianity. It also describes his transformation from religious outsider to ordained pastor. John Koessler provides a poignant and often humorous window into the interior of the soul as he describes his journey from doubt and struggle with the church to personal faith

The Fifth Dimension

The Fifth Dimension
Author: John Hick
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1780741820

The case for a bigger, more complete picture of reality in which a fifth, spiritual dimension plays a central role Drawing on mystical and religious traditions ancient and modern, and spiritual thinkers as diverse as Julian of Norwich and Mahatma Gandhi, The Fifth Dimension is John Hick's eloquent argument for a more complete reality, in which a fifth, spiritual dimension plays a central role. Taking into account recent global crises - including the 9/11 attacks and war in Iraq - Hick addresses a variety of timeless issues, from the validity of religious experience to the science versus religion debate. Erudite, provocative and deeply moving, Hick's persuasive narrative will prompt all curious readers to re-examine their own spiritual horizons.

Enlightened Spirituality

Enlightened Spirituality
Author: Roger Haight
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2024-09-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1531505724

This volume presents reflections on the nature of Christian spirituality in the light of Immanuel Kant’s work Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals. It also contains two short comments on Kant’s work: Paul Tillich directly engages Kant’s moral philosophy, and Reinhold Niebuhr indirectly addresses him with his reflections on the role of conscience in religious experience. The whole volume rests on the constituent role that morality, and hence ethics, plays in a comprehensive understanding of Christian spirituality. Kant adds to that discussion by introducing the voice of the Enlightenment into the conversation. His work serves as a bridge between the spirituality displayed in the Medieval and Reformation periods and what may be called modern Western culture. Christians who are socialized into twenty-first century Western intellectual culture may be relatively unfamiliar with the cultures that spawned the characteristic accents of the spiritual languages that are learned in the churches today. When they move into the world of higher education, they will learn a whole series of ideas from science and critical modern thought that directly challenge the ordinary spiritual conceptions of church traditions. The critical discussion between intellectual culture and Christianity during the period of the Enlightenment was deep and serious, and it helps to explain how the churches in the West relate to present-day intellectual culture. Kant’s text on the metaphysics of morals presents in an exemplary way the deep questions that Christian spirituality faces today with almost laboratory precision. The two commentators neatly draw the conversation into contexts that are closer to life in the world of our time.

Transcendence and Spirituality in Chinese Cinema

Transcendence and Spirituality in Chinese Cinema
Author: Kris H.K Chong
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2020-05-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1000095924

This book provides a framework by which a global audience might think theologically about contemporary films produced in mainland China by Chinese directors. Up to this point the academic discipline of Christian theology and film has focussed predominantly on Western cinema, and as a result, has missed out the potential insights offered by Chinese spirituality on film. Mainland Chinese films, produced within the nation’s social structure, offer an excellent lingua franca of China. Illuminating the spiritual imagination of Chinese filmmakers and their yearning for transcendence, the book uses Richard A. Blake’s concept of afterimage to analyse the potential theological implications of their films. It then brings Jürgen Moltmann’s "immanent-transcendence" and Robert K. Johnston’s "God’s wider Presence" into conversation with Confucianist and Daoist ideas of there being, spirituality-speaking, "More in Life than Meets the Eye" than simply material existence. This all combines to move beyond film and allow for a Western audience to gain a new perspective on Chinese culture and traditions. One that uses familiar Western terms, while avoiding the imposition of a Western mindset. This is a new perspective on cinema, religion and Chinese culture that will be of keen interest to scholars of Religion and Film, Religious Studies, Theology, Sociology of Religion and Chinese Studies.

Truths about Evil, Sin, and the Demonic

Truths about Evil, Sin, and the Demonic
Author: Byron Belitsos
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2023-04-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666713007

The Problem of Evil and the Predicament of Theodicy As Christians or theists we are moved to share the truth of God’s love for humankind. But how can we speak of such providential care in a world rife with crime, war, racism, genocide, and even ecocide? In response to this predicament, a theodicy proposes a rational “defense” of God’s goodness that offers consolation to victims and hope to all believers. Truths about Evil, Sin, and the Demonic provides a sweeping history of the discipline of theodicy that focuses on its strategic turning points and its possible future. Belitsos argues that, because of the atrocities of the last century and the threat of horrendous evils in the coming century, we need to marshal the most explanatory elements of all previous theodicies and then drive toward an “integrative” model based on a creative synthesis. The author also turns to a modern revelatory source that supports his argument for such a “meta-theodicy.” He concludes by critically engaging with this source and the entire tradition in his call for an apophatically informed integral theodicy.

The Soul of Counseling

The Soul of Counseling
Author: Dwight Webb
Publisher: Impact Publishers
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2005
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781886230590

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Putting the Psyche Back in Psychology Soul in Everyday Life Toward a Theory of Soul in Counseling Counseling Process Attending to Matters of Our Soul Wellness and Spiritual Integration Assessment: No Numbers and Categories When Soul Collides with Culture The Emerging Counselor of the New Millennium Reflections on the Separation of Religion and Spirituality.