The Spiritual The Social
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Social Spirituality
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Author : Werner Lange
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corp
Release Date : 2005-10-27
Social Spirituality written by Werner Lange and has been published by Xlibris Corp this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-27 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Spirituality is commonly neglected in contemporary sociology, and social reality is typically ignored in traditional theology. This book does just the opposite. It unites sociology and theology to lay the foundations for a sociotheology, an antidote to the failed paradigm of sociobiology so popular among modern social darwinists. It also exposes the limitations and flaws inherent in positivism and materialism, two philosophies which have dominated sociology for the past two centuries and, consequently, rendered social science largely inconsequential. Our conflicted times call for a new paradigm, one which restores the spiritual to its proper place in analysis of human behavior and social institutions. This book answers that call. Social Spirituality: A Sociology of The Spirit is only a beginning, a modest one, in exploring spirituality as a social force and restoring the inherent unity between sociology and theology. Though composed in a relatively short time span during the summer of 2005, this pioneering text represents the distillation of critical thought on society and religion gathered over many years of teaching sociology, preaching Christianity, and reaching for the truth in doing both. There is likely something in it to disturb, even offend, just about any political persuasion masquerading as religious conviction, for among its primary targets are hypocrisy and dogma. What the book aspires to reveal is truth about the human condition. And the truth, unlike academic departments and religious denominations seeking its revelation and transmission, is not compartmentalized and segmented into operational boxes convenient to bureaucracy. Nor is the truth monopolized by religion orscience. Yet a combination of the two, one which transcends traditional conceptual limitations imposed upon both by their conventional custodians, opens up new and exciting avenues of inquiry and insight. Such is the spiritual journey of intellectual exploration offered by this pioneering text. That fact alone separates this analysis of society from standard ones which clutter countless bookshelves in academe and bookstores in malls. It starts from the simple and sublime premise that humans are triune - body, mind and soul; and that to try to understand human behavior and ignore the spiritual is to embark upon the impossible. Accordingly, each chapter devotes itself to an analysis of the conflict between The Spirit and antispirit in society and its institutions. The socialization process, which is analyzed in the chapter on 'The Divine Child," is envisioned as a lifelong unfolding of spirituality identified as 'the seven days of spiritualization (majesty, security, creativity, productivity, intimacy, magnanimity, and mystery). The chapter on 'The Spiritual Self" goes beyond symbolic interactionism to understand not only the emergence of the mind from a brain but also the awakening of the soul in an individual. The chapter focusing on the family offers the concept of 'the essential family" as an illuminating alternative to nuclear family or traditional family. A host of social problems endemic to modern society which range from political corruption to vulture culture are thoroughly analyzed as a spiritual crisis in the chapter entitled 'The Spirit in Struggle." Particular attention is given to the current crisis in Christianity in American society. A chapter is devoted to a detailed andhighly critical analysis of 'Christianity in Reverse" with its contemporary heresies of Christian Nationalism, Christian Zionism, Christian Narcissism, and Christian Fascism. A subsequent chapter focuses on 'The Social Gospel" and its foundational principles of liberation, solidarity, compassion, social conversion, social justice, world peace, universal truth and agape love. The text concludes with a call for child supremacy as the hallmark of the coming supreme society and as a much-needed antidote to the violent supremacy of race, sex or
The Spiritual And Social Basis Of World Community
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
The Spiritual And Social Basis Of World Community written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with Religion categories.
Explorations In Spirituality
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Author : Philip Sheldrake
language : en
Publisher: Paulist Press
Release Date : 2010
Explorations In Spirituality written by Philip Sheldrake and has been published by Paulist Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Religion categories.
A distinctive exposition of the main elements of the study of Christian spirituality that also underlines the essentially socially transformative nature of the Christian spiritual tradition
Spiritual And Social Transformation In African American Spiritual Churches
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Author : Margarita Simon Guillory
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-12-22
Spiritual And Social Transformation In African American Spiritual Churches written by Margarita Simon Guillory and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-22 with Religion categories.
At the core of African American religion’s response to social inequalities has been a symbiotic relationship between socio-political activism and spiritual restoration. Drawing on archival material and ethnographic fieldwork with African American Spiritual Churches in the USA, this book examines how their spiritual and social work can shed light on the interplay between corporate activism and individual spirituality. This book traces the development of this "politico-spiritual" approach to injustice from the beginning of the twentieth century through the opening decade of the twenty-first century, using the work of African American Spiritual Churches as a lens through which to observe its progression. Addressing subjects such as spiritual healing, support of the homeless, gender equality and the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, it demonstrates that these communities are clearly motivated by the dual concerns of the soul and the community. This study diversifies our understanding of the African American religious landscape, highlighting an approach to social injustice that conjoins both political and spiritual transformations. As such, it will be of significant interest to scholars of religious studies, African American studies and politics.
Social Law In The Spiritual World
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Author : Rufus Matthew Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1904
Social Law In The Spiritual World written by Rufus Matthew Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1904 with Psychology, Religious categories.
Social Law In The Spiritual World Studies In Human And Divine Inter Relationship
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Author : Rufus Matthew Jones
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
Social Law In The Spiritual World Studies In Human And Divine Inter Relationship written by Rufus Matthew Jones and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... Introduction xx = Those of us who have passed the middle point "in the pathway of this our life," vividly remember how twenty years ago Drummond opened a new world to us. It is easy enough now to find defects and limitations in his "Natural Law in the Spiritual World." But it came at a psychological moment, and it did its work perhaps even more effectively than a better book, that is to say, an exacter one, would have done. Just coming to the end of our college course, we were hanging then mid-air between a Christianity and a science which would not "come together." It seemed that we must give up one or the other. There are few crises to compare with that which appears when the simple, childhood religion, imbibed at mother's knee and absorbed from early home and church environment, comes into collision with a scientific, solidly reasoned system which explains the universe, with all its manifold detail, by natural law, and leaves no place in the scheme for the objects of early faith, or for anything which commands worship. At this crisis Drummond found us and "spoke to our condition." We paid little heed to the defects of his argument. We found at a leap that the two worlds could go together, that science and religion were not two discordant languages, bringing irreconcilable accounts of the nature of things, and that all that we had learned or could learn by studying nature only added to the riches of the knowledge of the glory of God. We saw that the newer message of science illuminated the older message of salvation, and that the laws of life, discovered in micro-organisms, ran up to the very top of the scale, and appeared again in the highest facts of the spiritual life. "The Natural Law in the -Spiritual World" was quickly...
Social Law In The Spiritual World
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Author : Rufus Matthew Jones
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
Release Date : 2018-10-27
Social Law In The Spiritual World written by Rufus Matthew Jones and has been published by Franklin Classics Trade Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-27 with categories.
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The Social Life Of Spirits
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Author : Ruy Blanes
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-11-22
The Social Life Of Spirits written by Ruy Blanes and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-22 with Social Science categories.
Spirits can be haunters, informants, possessors, and transformers of the living, but more than anything anthropologists have understood them as representations of something else—symbols that articulate facets of human experience in much the same way works of art do. The Social Life of Spirits challenges this notion. By stripping symbolism from the way we think about the spirit world, the contributors of this book uncover a livelier, more diverse environment of entities—with their own histories, motivations, and social interactions—providing a new understanding of spirits not as symbols, but as agents. The contributors tour the spiritual globe—the globe of nonthings—in essays on topics ranging from the Holy Ghost in southern Africa to spirits of the “people of the streets” in Rio de Janeiro to dragons and magic in Britain. Avoiding a reliance on religion and belief systems to explain the significance of spirits, they reimagine spirits in a rich network of social trajectories, ultimately arguing for a new ontological ground upon which to examine the intangible world and its interactions with the tangible one.
Spirituality In Social Work
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Author : Edward R Canda
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
Spirituality In Social Work written by Edward R Canda and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with Religion categories.
As Spirituality in Social Work: New Directions shows you, there has been an increase of interest among social workers concerning spiritual matters. In response to this collective interest, Edward Canda and several other members of the Society for Spirituality and Social Work have compiled a thorough and timely compendium of social work research, theory, and practice. Their book will guide you in your efforts to meet the needs of your families and clients while still remaining educated and respectful of the many religous and nonreligious views different people have. In Spirituality in Social Work, you'll get an update on the current state of spirituality, social work scholarship, and education. From there, you'll move on to current appraisals of the many specialized ways social work educators are teaching spirituality in MSW programs, and you'll ultimately come full circle to a fuller understanding of the many ways social work and spirituality complement and inform each other in the classroom as well as in the field of practice. Most importantly, you'll get specific guidance on these topics: how to enhance the intuition of social workers when to apply the Transegoic model to a dying adolescent where to engage in conceptions of spirituality in social work literature what Taoist insights can do to enhance social work practice how social work can prosper in future efforts to link spirituality and social work In many ways, Spirituality in Social Work is a spiritual awakening in its own right--for social workers, for individuals, and for communities at large. The demand for social work practitioners, educators, and community officials to be cross-trained in spirituality and social work is on the rise. So, if you're struggling to find new ways to deal with the ever-increasing and ever-diversifying demand for spiritual training in your particular social work setting, pick up this insightful edition and find new hope and direction in the many different ways that social work and spirituality can work together for you.
Spiritual Capital
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Author : Samuel D. Rima
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2016-04-01
Spiritual Capital written by Samuel D. Rima and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Presenting a thorough, comprehensive theory of spiritual capital based on solid academic research, 'Spiritual Capital' serves to reinforce and amplify the notion of a moral economic core that is beginning to feature in contemporary economic arguments. In this rare major work wholly dedicated to the subject of spiritual capital, Sam Rima explains the desperate need for revolutionary and transformational thinking in the area of economic policy and practice and makes the case for a new moral foundation to business and economics that directly addresses today's financial and business crisis. Writing in an accessible style, and drawing on examples from several continents, Rima explains spiritual capital theory in terms of the resources needed for its creation, how it is formed, how it can be invested and what the return on investment can be. The book provides practical tools for measuring a personal or organizational store of spiritual capital, along with clear guidelines on how to engage in spiritual capital formation. These will benefit business leaders interested in developing viable and sustainable enterprises capable of avoiding the disconnection between economic policy and social reality. There are also recommendations here for policy makers regarding the macro application of spiritual capital theory. This important contribution to Gower's Transformation and Innovation Series will appeal to business leaders and policy makers, academicians and students in the fields of sociology, theology, and economics, and anyone interested in social and economic justice issues, social innovation, and corporate social responsibility.