Twelve Steps to Religionless Spirituality: The Power of Spirituality with or Without God - Couverture rigide

Ewing, Ward B

 
9781725279032: Twelve Steps to Religionless Spirituality: The Power of Spirituality with or Without God
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ISBN 10 : 1725279037 ISBN 13 : 9781725279032
Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2021

Synopsis

The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous provides a spiritual program dramatically distinct from religion. Twelve Step spirituality is based on experience, not doctrine; it is pragmatic, focusing on what works and not on theory; it is centered in a community that is inclusive, welcoming all who desire to stop drinking; it seeks rigorous honesty even when that honesty involves painful questioning; and it centers upon service to the still suffering alcoholic. The power found in working the Steps is transformational, moving participants from despair to hope, from self-focused resentment to concern for others, and from angry efforts to control to gratitude for gifts received. It works for atheists and agnostics, secularists and free thinkers, Christians, Jews, Muslims, and other faiths. At a time when more and more people identify themselves as spiritual but not religious and the traditional religious institutions are in decline in Western culture, Twelve Step spirituality provides insights that can assist in the renewal and reinvigoration of our churches, synagogues, and mosques. In our time of dramatic social polarization, it can provide a foundation for bridging differences. Largely unknown outside the recovery community, this book examines how this transformative program can be relevant to today.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ward B. Ewing, an Episcopal priest, is the Dean and President of The General Theological Seminary in New York City. He is author of Job: A Vision of God and has published three programs in adult education through the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.

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Éditeur
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1725279037
ISBN 13 
9781725279032
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
220
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9781725279025: Twelve Steps to Religionless Spirituality: The Power of Spirituality with or without God

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1725279029 ISBN 13 :  9781725279025
Editeur : Cascade Books, 2021
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