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9781570753268

Organic Spirituality : A Sixfold Path for Contemplative Living

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    9781570753268

  • ISBN10:

    1570753261

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-10-01
  • Publisher: Orbis Books
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Summary

Organic Spirituality recovers our natural sense of awe and wonder, which we embraced in childhood but lost in the rigors of adult life. Vandergrift enables us to see that Christian life is not a retreat from the world but finding joy within it. The sixfold path she discerns is not a recipe for self-salvation but a way to finding one's own way to God by the disciplines of:
-- slowing down
-- sharing stories
-- stillness
-- solitude
-- surrender
-- solidarity

In the space these practices open up, the living Spirit of God opens the heart to contemplate the depth, the breadth, and the beauty of the world.

Author Biography

Nicki Verploegen Vandergrift, Ph.D. is director of spiritual and ministerial development at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Part One BACKGROUND
A Definition of Spirituality
3(18)
Organic Spirituality: What Is It?
21(12)
Part Two DISCIPLINES
An Introduction to a Sixfold Path
33(84)
Slowing Down
43(10)
Sharing Our Stories
53(11)
Stillness
64(12)
Solitude
76(10)
Surrender
86(13)
Solidarity
99(18)
Epilogue 117(10)
Notes 127(4)
Bibliography 131

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