Collects seven seminal lectures - four on developing a spiritual perception of nature and three from the author's Agriculture Course, dealing with the preparations. This book offers a transformative approach that can change the way we live together on Earth.
Shows how religious traditions emerge from and converge on a divine nature and mystic quality that creates a loving heart. The author describes this phenomenon in her own experience and elaborates on that mystical core, the notion of the divine, the shape of interreligious dialogue, and the personal, spiritual, and ethical challenges it poses.
Explores the nature of illness and healing, focusing on health care's history as a spiritual practice and on the human dignity of the patient. Combining sound theological reflection with doses of healthy skepticism, this title describes empirical research on the effects of spirituality on health.
By challenging our assumptions about the act of self-sacrifice as it relates to religious teachings, the authors have shown altruism to be more of a secular than religious notion. At the same time, their findings highlight how charitable acts operate with the values and structures of the religions studied.
After World War I, German citizens sought not merely relief from the political, economic, social, and cultural upheaval which wracked Weimar Germany, but also mental salvation. This title offers a fresh view of the impact and potential for millenarian movements.
Highlighting the therapeutic possibilities religion and spirituality can offer, this book shows mental health professionals how to deal sensitively with clients whose spirituality or religion is an important part of their lives. Useful for students and scholars, it offers an insight into the practice of psychotherapy.
This clearly written volume focuses on the cognitive aspects of belief -- and how personal worldview affects the behavior of both patient and clinician. Informative case vignettes and discussions illustrate how assessment, formulation, and treatment principles can be applied within the different faith traditions.
Individuals, groups and organizations find themselves in a process of continual change, transformation and growth. Margarete van den Brink suggests all people, whether individually or in groups, experience the same archetypal process of development, consisting of seven steps. Giving practical examples, she describes how these steps or phases can ......
An invitation to rebalance your life and regain perspective. Practicing Your Path offers seven one-day retreats on the components of classical Christian spirituality: Sabbath, Hospitality, Prayer and Action, Fasting, Giving Back to God, Living Into Your Call, and Accountability. Each chapter includes a structure for a one-day private retreat with ......
