CyberGroup Discussion - Spiritual Innovators

General Notes:	Discussion:
Purpose: Learn about seventy-five spiritual innovators. Apply discoveries made in this course to personal living and Christian community. Goals: 1. To help participants discover what is meant by spirituality today. 2. To discover how prophetic persons have contributed to spiritual innovation. 3. To understand this in light of the modern global reality of interspirituality. 4. To encourage persons with initiative to focus on favourite innovators and share their findings with the group. 5. To combine quality content sessions with a small group process that encourages participant involvement and enhanced learning. 6. To progress from an awareness of spiritualities in general to a more effective and creative integration of interspiritual values in our congregational life. Characteristics: 1. This book focuses on spirituality, not theology per se. 2. Its emphasis is on story and imagery, not doctrinal concepts. 3. Its subject matter ranges across the globe and all the religious traditions. 4. There are many reference books and internet links for each person studied so that interested students can follow up with their own research. Each profile includes: * Synopsis of innovator¹s life and the evolution of their spiritual leadership and influence. * Inspiring quotes‹words of wisdom indicative of the innovator¹s life and teachings. * A guide to further examination of their works, ideas, organizations, movements, legacy. * Resources for more in-depth study. Key Questions: 1. What Were Their Ideas? 2. How Did They Live? 3. What Was Their Impact on Our World? Fascinating profiles of the most important spiritual leaders of the past one hundred years. An invaluable reference of twentieth-century religion and an inspiring resource for spiritual challenge today. The result of a nationwide survey of experts in leading universities and seminaries, as well as leading representatives of dozens of religious traditions and spiritual persuasions, this authoritative list of seventy-five includes martyrs and mystics, intellectuals and charismatics from East and West. Their lives and wisdom are now easily accessible in this inspiring volume. A celebration of the human spirit, ideal for both seekers and believers, the curious and the passionate, thinkers and doers, Spiritual Innovators is an authoritative guide to the most creative spiritual ideas and actions of the past century‹a challenge for us today. An empowering guide to the most creative spiritual ideas of the past century, and a challenge for today, Spiritual Innovators profiles seventy-five remarkable people together in one accessible volume.
Discussion was held in small groups to close the evening - not to report, but to wonder. What is Spirituality?

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