The term, spirituality, as used in this study, refers
to that part of our lives that has the deepest meaning,
that which nurtures each of us and moves us toward wholeness.
It is the basis for which we live out our lives,
following our own truths with honesty and commitment....
Virginia Woolf was a self-proclaimed atheist, yet her fictional and personal writing
reveal her ecstatic consciousness. Characters in Woolf s novels experience ecstasy, and
her letters and diaries support the theory that she herself had experienced ecstatic
consciousness. Major figures in the philosophy of religion assert that ecstatic
consciousness is...
The purpose of this study is to examine the most significant reasons evangelical
Christian faith is compelling to its adherents. Through the interviews of nineteen
Evangelical Christians, it becomes clear that evangelicals see the Bible and Christian
theology in a literal and factual way. Thus, contrary to some strains of...