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Spirituality is most often understood as a religious term remote from the social interactions of everyday life and from political motivations. This volume seeks to show that this is an erroneous view and that, unless we attend to the spiritual as a motivating force in the lives of individuals and communities, we shall misconceive the nature of social change and political complexity and lack awareness of the value of writing and thinking on the subject in relation to contemporary issues. In a world dominated by globalization and late-capitalist free-market economics we face a situation of increasing complexity in human affairs. In this context, diverse notions of the spiritual in relation to culture and identity are critical forces that require careful attention. Contemporary Spiritualities is an innovative study based on research into the significance of influential writers and thinkers and diverse communities. It seeks to map influences on the notion of the spiritual in relation to the cultural and religious plurality of contemporary society. It also promotes the importance of attending to spirituality in both academic and a socio-politcal context.Clive Erricker is Reader in the Study of Religions at University College Chichester.Jane Erricker is Principal Lecturer and Director of Research in the School of Education at King Alfred's College, Winchester.
Clive Erricker is Reader in the Study of Religions, University College Chichester, UK. Jane Erricker is lecturer at King Alfred's University College, Winchester.
Section 1 Influential writers and thinkers: influential writers and thinkers - a retrospective reconsideration and a contemporary contextualisation, Clive Erricker; mysticism and contemporary society - some Teihardian reflections, Ursula King; Bede Griffiths and the one universal reality, Shirley du Boulay; Thomas Merton -monk for the contemporary world, Danny Sullivan; Jiddu Krishnamurti and the open secret, Clive Erricker; the Dalai Lama - dimensions of spirituality, Geshe Thupten Jinpa; Carole Christ's "Narrative Theology", Ruth Mantin. Section 2 Faith communities: faith communities - spiritual diversity, hope and tension in the modern world, Clive Erricke; in the realm of the deathless -the Buddhist Forest Retreat Order, Clive Erricke; a society in transition - ISKCON's spiritual path, Anna King; the Amish - case study of a religious community, Richard Stevick; "until the power of the Lord comes down" - African American Pentecostal spirituality and Tarrying, David D. Daniels III; Taize - a global and post-colonial theology of community, Liam Geron; the Diaspora of the Khoja Shi'a Ithnasheeries, Clive Erricker; street spirituality - a narrative case study of a street community, Jane Erricker.
"The volume [...] demonstrates that the spiritual is essential to understanding human behaviour . . . It also opens a chink in the curtain between the canonically religious and the implicitly spiritual. The Religious Studies of the last two centuries may prove to have been the preparation for the investigation of such secularity." --Journal of Contemporary Religion 17.2 (2002)
