This book examines the linkages between the music and message of the Grateful Dead and the Christian gospel. The Grateful Dead emerged from the San Francisco hippie scene in the late 1960s, and offered a message of community and divine encounter. While the Dead drew on the teachings of many spiritual traditions, the bands ethos echoed quite powerfully the wisdom of Christian Scripture. This reflection examines the ways in which the Grateful Dead embodied...

From the creator of the bestseller, Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective, comes Food and Faith. Food is itself a joyful gift - recall how the gift of food so often mediates the sanctity and preciousness of life. This new collection of reflections by Wendell Berry, Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Johnson, Alan Durning and others helps readers consider the moral, spiritual and economic implications of eating. Readings focus on the enjoyment...

Fascinating profiles of the most important spiritual leaders of the past one hundred years. An invaluable reference of twentieth-century religion and an inspiring resource for spiritual challenge today. The result of a nationwide survey of experts in leading universities and seminaries, as well as leading representatives of dozens of religious traditions and spiritual persuasions, this authoritative list of seventy-five includes martyrs and mystics,...

"God is mystery," writes Norvene Vest in the Introduction to Tending the Holy, "and every form of religion is an effort to respond faithfully to the mystery of God by whatever name. The Divine breaks through into human experience in many ways, and humans respond variously to the awesome experience of God." And those various responses are what the contributors to Tending the Holy document. In this provocative and cutting-edge collection readers are...

Our Faith, In Our Words What does it mean to be young and spiritual today-when the New Age isn't exactly new, when female rabbis and ministers are no longer unusual, and when Eastern religion's ideas and practices are no longer considered exotic? Who are the faces behind today's fresh approaches to faith, approaches that are destined to shape the future of spiritual life in America? "Religion is not a crutch for the weak-minded. It is merely spirituality...

This companion to A New Earth includes: Overview of the book Important People Key Takeaways Analysis of Key Takeaways and much more!

Vous avez découvert le chef d'œuvre littéraire répondant aux questions concernant Dieu, la vie dans l'univers habité, l'histoire, le futur de ce monde et la vie de Jésus. Le Livre d'Urantia harmonise histoire, science et religion en une philosophie de vie pleine d'espérance et de sens nouveau. Vous cherchez des réponses, lisez le Livre d'Urantia !Le monde a besoin de nouvelles vérités spirituelles, amenant l'homme et la femme modernes à...

Are you going through a trial or trials? This book consists of 15 heartfelt, spiritual and inspirational articles that will encourage you. You will be exposed to Gods word and wisdom. You will be inspired to do the right things and live the right way despite a difficulty or the problems that you may have. It is my hope that your life is enhanced by reading this book. Gregory D. Darbonne

The Underlying Religion is an anthology of 25 essays by 14 of the leading exponents of the "perennialist" or "traditionalist" school of comparative religious thought, associated with René Guénon, Ananda Coomaraswamy, and Frithjof Schuon. This school is, well-known for its espousal of the "transcendent unity of religions", the idea that religions are different paths leading to the same summit. Focusing its selection on the most accessible of the...

Attempts to think anew about philosophical questions from the perspective of breath and breathing. As a physiological or biological matter, breath is mostly considered to be mechanical and thoughtless. By expanding on the insights of many religions and therapeutic practices, which emphasize the cultivation of breath, the contributors argue that breath should be understood as fundamentally and comprehensively intertwined with human life and experience....