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Today's busy world may bring a tiredness that cansettle on the human spirit. Struggling through hectic, frenzied, stressful lives, we scrape and scramble toward something that leaves us empty and feeling cheated, let down, and bone-weary. God doesn't want it to be that way for us.
Drawing on his travels to some of India's holy places, the life and work of writers like Thomas Merton, Charles de Foucauld and Abishaktanda and his own experience as a Benedictine hermit, the author opens dialogue possibilities between three of the today's major religions.
From prayer to how Christianity views life after death, Knitter argues that a Buddhist standpoint can encourage a more person-centred conception of Christianity, where individual religious experience comes first, and liturgy and tradition second.
The Bloomsbury Guide to Christian Spirituality is written by foremost academics in their fields. Appealing equally to those studying the tradition for religious formation or those wishing to acquaint themselves with this fascinating subject, this guide is destined to become an essential text.
Interweaving historical footage, interviews and extensive conversations with Fr. Thomas, the film traces his spiritual journey. He became one of the originators of Centering Prayer. In 1984 he founded Contemplative Outreach to bring Centering Prayer to a worldwide audience.
Atla Religion Database® with AtlaSerials PLUS® (Atlas PLUS®) combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with Atla’s largest collection of full text religion and theology journals. AtlasPLUS contains more than 480 full text titles, including all AtlaSerials® (Atlas®) titles.
Encyclopedia of Religion in America examines how religious history and practices are woven into the political, social, cultural, and historical landscape of North America. This authoritative four-volume reference work explains the origins, development, adaptation, influence, and interrelations of the many faiths practiced, including major world religions, new religious sects, cults, and religious movements that originated or had an influence in the United States. Edited by well-known experts in the field, the Encyclopedia covers all the significant religious denominations and movements that have originated or flourished in North America, from the beginning of European settlement to the present day. The broad multidisciplinary coverage includes the religious life of indigenous peoples, specific aspects of religious life, and the relationship of political, social, economic, and cultural spheres.
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This provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,300 journals and more than 2.9 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 1,200 journals.
Religion & Philosophy Collection is an essential full-text database for theology and philosophy research. It includes hundreds of full-text journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy and philosophy of language.