American spiritualities : a reader
Readings that explore approaches to American spirituality, past and present.
Print Book, English, ©2001
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, ©2001
ix, 530 pages ; 24 cm
9780253338396, 9780253214324, 0253338395, 0253214327
44413655
Preliminary Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Knowing through the Body: The Path of Ritual 1. Tamar Frankiel, "Ritual Sites in the Narrative of American Religion" 2. Charles E. Hambrick-Stowe, "The Ordinances of Public Worship" 3. Virgilio Elizondo, "Popular Religion as the Core of Cultural Identity Based on the Mexican American Experience in the United States" 4. Tamar Frankiel, "Thought, Speech, Action: Rhythms of Jewish Life" 5. Joseph Epes Brown, ed., "Wiwanyag Wachipi: The Sun Dance" 6. Starhawk, "The Coven" Part Two: Knowing through the Heart: The Path of Feeling and Emotion 7. Curtis D. Johnson, "The Second Birth" 8. Jarena Lee, "The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena Lee" 9. Aimee Semple McPherson, "Girlhood" and "Salvation and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit" 10.. Charles W. Colson, "An Unforgettable Night" 11. Jerry Rubin, "est" 12. E. Burke Rochford, Jr., "Surrendering to Krishna: Devi's Story" Part Three: Knowing through the Will: The Path of Prophecy and Social Action 13. Joachim Wach, "The Reformer" and "The Prophet" 14. Henry David Thoreau, "Resistance to Civil Government" 15. Carry A. Nation, "The Divine Call" 16. Emma Goldman, (from) Living My Life 17. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail" 18. Janet and Robert Aldridge, Molly Rush, and Daniel Berrigan, Testimonies Part Four: Knowing through the Mind: The Path of Metaphysics 19. Catherine L. Albanese, "The Subtle Energies of Spirit: Explorations in Metaphysical and New Age Spirituality" 20. Ralph Waldo Trine, "Fullness of Life--Bodily Health and Vigor" 21. Thomas Merton, "The Gift of Understanding" and "The Night of the Senses" 22. Annie Dillard, "Seeing" 23. B. Alan Wallace with Steven Wilhelm, "Four Applications of Mindfulness" 24. Dhyani Ywahoo, "Renewing the Sacred Hoop" 25. Shirley MacLaine, "The New Age and Rational Thought" and "A Rainbow of Expression" 26. B.K.S. Iyengar, "The Tree and Its Parts" 27. Chen Kung, "Discourse on Mind-Intent and Ch'i" Suggestions for Further Reading