Spirituality and Society in the New Millennium

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Spirituality and Society in the New Millennium

Edited by Ursula King

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At the beginning of the third millennium concepts of spirituality are undergoing rapid transformation. While still closely connected to Christian values and beliefs, they are now also applied cross-culturally and used in interfaith and secular contexts. Voices around the globe affirm the urgent need for greater spiritual well-being, yet it is not clear how this can best be achieved or even what it means. The development of a wholesome spirituality relating to profound personal and social transformations may well be the most urgent task humanity has to address today.
… In this book leading scholars of theology and religion explore the complex dynamics of different spiritual beliefs and practices and their effects on contemporary society:

	Tradition and Change: Critical perspectives, drawn from the humanities and social sciences, are here applied to Christian spirituality. Searching questions are asked about the extent to which Christianity has the resources the meet the spiritual challenges of western society in the new millennium.
	Health and Education: Essays explore the contemporary “turn to life” in religions; the biological basis of spiritual awareness; spirituality and healing in a scientific age; the spiritual development of children in schools, and that of students in higher education.
	Culture and Politics: The growing diversity of postmodern approaches to spirituality in contemporary culture is often linked to the quest for an integrated and socially-conscious spirituality. This presents a challenge to the religious status quo, but also attests to the persistence of the human quest for spiritual relevance and authenticity


Acknowledgments List of Contributors 1 Introduction: Spirituality, Society, and the Millennium – Wasteland, Wilderness, or New Vision? Ursula King Part I Spirituality, Tradition and Change 2 Interpreting Texts and Traditions Philip Sheldrake 3 Female Godlanguage in Christian Spirituality Kari Elisabeth Børresen 4 The Body as Meditative Locus in the Revelations of Julian of Norwich Kevin J. Magill 5 Spirituality, Sexuality and Embodiment Janet K. Ruffing 6 From Transgression to Transformation: The Creative Potential of Gay Spiritualities for the New Millennium Sean Gill 7 Masculine Spirituality and Addiction: A Personal Journey James B. Nelson Part II Spirituality, Health and Education 8 The Turn to Life in Contemporary Religion and Spirituality Linda Woodhead 9 The Biological Basis of Spiritual Awareness David Hay 10 Spirituality and Healing in a Scientific Age Diane Treacy-Cole 11 Spiritual Development: Whose Responsibility is it Anyway? Martin Ashley 12 Learning to Live: Spiritual Development in Higher Education Shirley Egley Part III Spirituality, Culture and Politics 13 “Everything that Rises must Converge”: Some Ideas for an Ethical Spirituality and a Spiritually-Enriched Ethic Martin Prozesky 14 Praxis Prior to Doctrine: New Models of Relationship in Contemporary Spirituality Dominic Corrywright 15 From Tree to Rhizome: Pagan Spirituality, Science and Resistance in the New Millennium Dave Green 16 Liberating Palestinian Theology – the Need for a Contextual Spirituality Judith G. Martin 17 The Face of God in Every Generation: Jewish Feminist Spirituality and the Legend of the Thirty-Six Hidden Saints Melissa Raphael 18 Etty Hillesum: A Thinking Heart in a Darkened World Tina Beattie Epilogue 19 Mind, Body, Spirit – the New Millennial Age? Rosemary Hartill Index
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Publication Details

	Hardback ISBN:		978-1-902210-65-0

	Page Extent / Format:		292 pp. / 229 x 152 mm
	Release Date:		May 2001
	Illustrated:		No
	Hardback Price:		£45.00 / $65.00


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