Author: Catherine L. Albanese
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: reader, spiritualities, american
Number of Pages: 552
Published: 2001-04-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0253214327
ISBN-13: 9780253214324

American Spiritualities is a reader designed to explore current interest in spirituality in the United States. It aims to trace the concept and presence of spirituality in the nationÍs past and to explain the strong attraction to spiritual themes in the present, with attention to questions of definition, historical usage, and connection to religion. Twenty-seven selections pursue the difference and diversity among Americans in terms of their spiritual styles, here understood as modes of experiential knowledge.

Author: Catherine L. Albanese
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: reader, spiritualities, american
Number of Pages: 552
Published: 2001-04-01
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0253338395
ISBN-13: 9780253338396

American SpiritualitiesA ReaderEdited by Catherine L. AlbaneseReadings that explore approaches to American spirituality, past and present.This reader explores current interest in spirituality in the United States. It traces the concept and presence of spirituality in the nation’s past and explains the strong attraction to spiritual themes in the present, with attention to questions of definition, historical usage, and connection to religion. Twenty-seven selections pursue the difference

Author: Dawn Llewellyn and Deborah F. SawyerDawn Llewelly
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: spiritualities, reading
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 2008-11-01
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0754663299
ISBN-13: 9780754663294

The phenomenon of ’sacred text’ has undergone radical deconstruction in recent times, reflecting how religion has broken out of its traditional definitions and practices, and how current literary theories have influenced texts inside the religious domain and beyond. "Reading Spiritualities" presents both commentary and vivid examples of this evolution, engaging with a variety of reading practices that work with traditional texts and those that extend the notion of ’text’ itself.The contributors draw on a range of textual sites such as an interview, Caribbean literature,