A Process Spirituality: Christian and Transreligious Resources for Transformation

Sheri D. Kling

doi:10.5771/9781793630438

Summary

American culture is in a state of critical fragmentation. The author argues that we will solve neither the ecological crisis nor our social estrangement from each until we transform our perception of life as embodied and interconnected, and rediscover what is sacred through transformative lived experiences of wholeness. Using an embodied theological framework supported by comparative, hermeneutical, and constructive methodologies, A Process Spirituality synthesizes theoretical, empirical, and practical resources to construct a hopeful and holistic understanding of God, the world, and the self. Interweaving Alfred North Whitehead’s vision of a relational cosmos with Carl Gustav Jung’s integrated, relational psyche, and a powerful spiritual praxis of dream work creates a generative matrix through which to perceive a God-world reality characterized by value, relationality, and transformation in which individuals matter, belong, and can experience positive change. Such a Christian and transreligious vision of hope offers individuals the possibility and capacity to move from a state of fragmentation to one of psycho-spiritual wholeness and flourishing.

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Edition: 1/2020
Copyright Year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3042-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3043-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 258
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. List of Tables No access
3. Preface No access
1. Chapter 1 A House Divided No access
2. Chapter 2 Integrating Resources No access
1. Chapter 3 Theoretical No access
2. Chapter 4 Empirical No access
3. Chapter 5 Practical No access
4. Chapter 6 Synthesis No access
1. Chapter 7 Construction No access
2. Chapter 8 Transformation No access
References No access Pages 235 - 246
Index No access Pages 247 - 256
About the Author No access Pages 257 - 258