Download or read book Sensuous Spirituality written by Virginia R. Mollenkott and published by Crossroad Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well-known Evangelical feminist shares the story of her own journey to spiritual awareness. Mollenkott shares her view of the self and the Divine that is sensuous and mystical, that recognizes the beauty and goodness of the human core, and that works for social change from a centered self.
Download or read book Conjugal Spirituality written by Mary Anne McPherson Oliver and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1994 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Anne Oliver develops an alternate to 'celibate' religious practices, drawing from the experience of couples and diverse sources in the Christian tradition. This work explores the dynamics of conjugal love.
Download or read book Whee We Wee All the Way Home written by Matthew Fox and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 1980-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical book leads us into a spirituality of passion that leads to compassion--coming to our senses in every meaning of the phrase.
Download or read book A Special Illumination written by Rollan McCleary and published by Equinox Publishing Ltd.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gay spirituality represents a hidden strand in Western thought that was only publically declared from the Gay Liberation of the 1970s. Since "coming out", expressions of gay spirituality have proliferated in both number and diversity. Beginning with gay theology within Christianity, the phenomenon has now reached as far as Buddhism and neo-paganism. But, so far, critical analysis of the movement has been very limited largely because gay spirituality has been treated as a political and social movement arguing for rights and acceptance within religious circles. 'A Special Illumination' offers an indepth analysis and argues that gay spirituality should be placed at the heart of religion.
Download or read book The Trans Evangelist written by Sister Paula Nielsen and published by One Spirit Press. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I want to go on living after my death, so that the message that God has given me to preach will continue to bless and help future generations of LGBT youth in their struggle for identity." -- Sister Paula Nielsen This is why Sister Paula, an open transgender Christian, spent seven years writing her autobiography "The Trans Evangelist," a document that scans seven decades. Her story is a unique journey that the reader will find fascinating, entertaining, and spiritually uplifting. Paula says: "So many people are living dull and uneventful lives because they are being what society expects them to be, rather than being the person they really are." Paula has had the courage to step out and be herself, swimming against the current of popular opinion of her time. Her life is checkered with controversy. Yet, through it all, God's hand remained on her life. In this book she leaves a legacy that people will not soon forget. ..".God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.....and things which are despised, hath God chosen...." (I Corinthians 1:27, 28) This truth becomes crystal clear as Paula's incredible story unfolds throughout this book.
Download or read book Women and Spirituality written by Ursula King and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1993-07-21 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a critical look at feminism and exploring its explicit and implicit spiritual dimensions, this revised and updated new edition of Women and Spirituality engages in a reflective dialogue with contemporary women's voices. It asks to what extent patriarchal oppression and androcentric thinking are inherent not only in Christianity but in all religious beliefs, practices and institutions. This is the only book which provides a comprehensive survey of current discussions in feminist theology and spirituality and offers a wide-ranging account of women and world religions and raising thought-provoking questions about the spiritual dimensions of human life.
Download or read book Keep Your Sexy Sacred written by Sabrina Universal Lawton and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep Your Sexy Sacred bridges the perceived gap between the secular and sacred by providing an entirely new, completely compelling way of understanding God. God is both feminine and masculine. The root cause for the spiritual deficit experienced in the world is a lack of understanding of the feminine nature of God. Sabrina Universal Lawton exposes her own darkness to the light as she draws readers into the gripping vortex of her own evolution from lust to love. By raising readers’ Spiritual IQ, Keep Your Sexy Sacred serves as the springboard for healing the strained relationships between men and women, blacks and whites, pharmaceuticals and plant medicines—and it brings a necessary end to religious strife. When introduced to the feminine qualities of God, women evolve from being collectively viewed as mere objects of visual pleasure and physical stimuli and men evolve to understand that the necessary path to embodying their own God-power is to embrace the wisdom of the feminine energy—not only within women, but also within themselves. Jesus’ direct messages of love and non-judgement are the very foundations on which this anointed body of work stands, and men and women alike are certain to see the Bible like never before! With renewed 20/20 vision, Sabrina guides readers towards healed relationships, dismantling religious dogma, and demystifying the original sin through keeping their sexy sacred and evolving to a place of love.
Download or read book Pilgrim Spirituality written by Rodney Aist and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-04-13 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pilgrim-themed spirituality for Christian formation, Pilgrim Spirituality resources everyday Christianity, congregational life, social outreach, and religious travel through definitional frames of pilgrimage. Pilgrimage is a prominent biblical image. Yet, despite its contemporary resurgence, its capacity for Christian formation remains untapped. While our understanding of pilgrimage has been too narrow, we lack a definitional framework that fosters transformational practice. Definitions matter, thought creates possibilities, and intentionality enhances experience. Recognizing pilgrimage as a comprehensive expression of the Christian life, Pilgrim Spirituality provides tools for perceiving spiritual possibilities, engaging situational context, and interpreting lived experience. Espousing both personal and social holiness, Pilgrim Spirituality gives definitional status to the Other, attends to the self, and seeks the presence of God in the facts in which we find ourselves. Pilgrim Spirituality examines Christian concepts of time, place, and journey, while emphasizing the personal, corporate, incarnational, metaphorical, and tensional character of the pilgrim life. Exploring the motives, experiences, and practices of pilgrimage, Pilgrim Spirituality resources readers in their destinational pursuit of the Christian faith: the union of God, self, and the Other.
Download or read book A Listening Heart written by David Steindl-Rast and published by Crossroad Publishing. This book was released on 1983 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sensuality and Spirituality in Friedrich Schlegel s Lucinde written by Daria Eva Stanco and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-10-27 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2007 in the subject German Studies - Modern German Literature, grade: 1,0, University of London (Queen Mary College), language: English, abstract: Regarding the sheer functions of the senses, one usually refers to anatomy or medicine. Thinking of the effects of sensual perception on the human psyche, however, one inevitably has to turn to psychology. Even in our postmodern multimedial world, there still exists a certain segregation between outer sensual perception and inner feelings or imaginations. There are rare attempts to bring together both mind and body, medicine and psychology and, for instance, to heal diseases in a holistic way. And yet, in the 18th century, the detachment of sensual perception and spirituality was much more absolute than it is today. Not only was love as a unity of sensuality and spiritual understanding unthinkable, but also sensuality in connection with love was abominated by public opinion (Behler 1962: XXIV). In the then upcoming Romantic movement, the idea of the unity of mind and body was prevalent (Behler 1962: XXXII). Although the Romanticists emphasized the immaterialistic and irrational such as emotion and imagination, they strived to bring together all extremes (see also ch. II). In the novel “Lucinde” by Friedrich Schlegel, the inner state of mind and the outer sensual perceptions determine one another. Taking into consideration this interplay as well as the Romantic vision of unity, one cannot possibly investigate the five senses without referring to the inner state - or the inner sense/senses. Therefore, in this essay, the mingling of sensuality and spirituality in Schlegel’s “Lucinde” will be analysed. Beforehand, a brief outline of the Romantic ideology of the senses and how it was influenced by earlier philosophers will be given in order to gain a deeper understanding of the topic.
Download or read book Sexy Spirit written by Freya Watson and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Sexy Spirit' is a grounded, step-by-step guide to deepening our sexuality. With a series of clear exercises and discussion, it takes us through the joys of reconnecting with our bodies and our sexuality, through to exploring new ways of sharing sexual energy with another.Integrating insights from a broad mix of Shamanic, Taoist and Tantric traditions, as well as the author's experience with clients, 'Sexy Spirit' can transform our sexuality within a few short months.(Originally published as Loving Our Sexuality).
Download or read book Spiritual Transformation Through BDSM written by Sensuous Sadie and published by Gracie Passette Productions. This book was released on 2007 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ome people feel that their spiritual side is always present and always powerful, whether doing BDSM or anything else, so BDSM always has to do with spirituality...As for me, I believe it takes conscious acts to live a spiritual life. Spirituality is fundamental to how I move through my life and BDSM is one way to stamp my ticket there. Sensuous Sadie Spiritual Transformation through BDSM does not presume to be a step-by-step manual for obtaining enlightenment through bondage, domination, sadism, or masochism, although it provides enough for the reader to plot their own path. At once both scholarly and approachable, this book is a compilation of dozens of interviews, articles, anecdotes, and tales, by the today's leaders in the BDSM community. By reading Spiritual Transformation, practicioners of BDSM are encouraged to consider the religious and spiritual importance of their devotion.
Download or read book Works written by Israel Zangwill and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Listening Heart written by David Steindl-Rast and published by Crossroad. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he declares that any sensuous experience is at heart a spiritual one: a divine revelation, Brother David brings us to our senses again. Our holy senses.
Download or read book The Master written by Israel Zangwill and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Spell of the Sensuous written by David Abram and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception. For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patters) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate." How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world? What will it take for us to recover a sustaining relation with the breathing earth? In The Spell of the Sensuous David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with a passion, a precision, and an intellectual daring that recall such writers as Loren Eisleley, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez.
Download or read book Sense and Spirituality written by James McCullough and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is growing interest in the relationship between the arts and Christian faith. Much has been written about the arts and theology and the place of the arts in church life. Not as much has been written, however, about how the arts might actually advance spiritual formation in terms of the cumulative effect of religious experience and intentional practices. This book provides a modest step forward in that conversation, a conversation between theological aesthetics and practical theology. Understanding aesthetics as "the realm of sense perception" and spiritual formation as "growing capacities to participate in God's purposes," James McCullough suggests how these dynamics can mutually enhance each other, with the arts as an effective catalyst for this relationship. McCullough proposes an analysis of artistic communication and explores exciting examples from music, poetry, and painting, which render theoretical proposals in concrete terms. This book will engage both those new to the arts and those already deeply familiar with them.
