A Brief Guide to Beliefs: Ideas, Theologies, Mysteries, and MovementsWestminster John Knox Press, 2001 - 578 páginas This wide-ranging and highly readable introduction focuses on the contemporary fascination with the big questions about God and the supernatural, setting out clearly and fairly what people believe and their reasons for believing it. All the major faiths are covered, along with new and alternative movements, neo-pagan and New Age thought, and spiritualities of human potential and self-enhancement. Offering a wealth of information on key concepts, movements, and thinkers, A Brief Guide to Beliefs will be especially helpful to students of religion or related subjects, and to all who want to know more about the most popular and influencial beliefs in the world today. |
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... Meditation is the complement to prayer . While prayer directs the heart to God or ultimate reality as a transcendent object , meditation cleanses the heart of all that obscures reality so that its ultimate point may be found within . In ...
... Meditation is the complement to prayer . While prayer directs the heart to God or ultimate reality as a transcendent object , meditation cleanses the heart of all that obscures reality so that its ultimate point may be found within . In ...
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... meditation has been described as a way of life , a way of living from the deep center of one's being . The focus of meditation in Christianity is Christocentric , i.e. , centered on the prayer of Christ that is continuously poured forth ...
... meditation has been described as a way of life , a way of living from the deep center of one's being . The focus of meditation in Christianity is Christocentric , i.e. , centered on the prayer of Christ that is continuously poured forth ...
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Ideas, Theologies, Mysteries, and Movements Linda Edwards. • Meditation . Through meditation Buddhists seek to transcend the restrictions of ordinary thought and the senses that so affect our minds and keep us from attaining quietness ...
Ideas, Theologies, Mysteries, and Movements Linda Edwards. • Meditation . Through meditation Buddhists seek to transcend the restrictions of ordinary thought and the senses that so affect our minds and keep us from attaining quietness ...
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Postmodernism and the Challenge to Religion | 9 |
The Existence of God | 19 |
The Meaning of Morality | 31 |
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The Re-Enchantment of the West: Volume 1 Alternative Spiritualities ... Christopher Partridge Vista de fragmentos - 2004 |