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	<description>The homepage of John Power</description>
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		<title>Spirituality &amp; Religion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If spirituality is about the essential nature of things and about what gives our lives energy, then how does it relate to religion. I like to think about religion as structured spirituality. It may be structured into a community or institution with a hierarchy and a variety of roles or structured into a system of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.philozed.com/?p=113</link>
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		<title>Archetypes &#8211; What are they?</title>
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The figure of mother is an example of what psychologist Karl Jung called  archetypes, that is first or basic types.  They are figures to which we have strong emotional and intellectual attachment. Jung claimed that the ideas and instincts associated with these figures existed as a fundamental part of our minds. For something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.philozed.com/?p=105</link>
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		<title>Spirituality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
About one third of people in the Western world identifiy with being “spiritual but not religious”. But what do they mean?
We can probably garner some understanding from the nature of the word “spirit” itself. Spirit usually refers to the vivifying essence of something, the active, enlivening  ingredient. Examples abound! Spirits are alcoholic drinks in which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.philozed.com/?p=92</link>
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		<title>a short course in spirituality</title>
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Below is a short course on spirituality I have planned. I hope to run it late 2010
 
Week 1   The role of  				spirituality
connectedness
meaning
sense of sacred
worship
individuation
community
personal growth
energy
Week 2   The elements of  				spirituality
sacred space
language
sacred objects
rituals
myths
Week 3   Working with  				spirituality
fundamentalism
inflation
transformation
transfiguration
shadow, darkness and sin
union
religious experience
Week 4   Spirituality and  				Religion
being spiritual, being religious
the shopping approach
eclecticism
religion and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.philozed.com/?p=45</link>
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		<title>Exploring Studies in Meaning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Post-Modern challenge to Religious Education
Over the last few decades post-modernism has influenced the way we see the world. It has moved us past a simple view of the world whereby our thoughts, ideas and theories simply mirror an objective reality. Rather, we are coming to see that reality is a joint endeavor between the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.philozed.com/?p=38</link>
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		<title>Eco-spirituality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eco-spirituality is about  			having a spirituality which is tied to and inspired by God’s  			creation. It is about being motivated to care for the environment by  			that sense of God’s presence revealed in nature.
Eco-Spirituality and the  			Christian way of life
The Christian story traces its  			roots back to the beginnings of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.philozed.com/?p=21</link>
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		<title>Post modernity</title>
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What is  					post-modernity?
Many of us have heard the term, “post-modern” applied to  					ideas or art or theater but have a only a vague idea of what  					it means. Post-modernity is a complex social movement and  					few commentators would agree on all its features, its  					champions and its history. But like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.philozed.com/?p=8</link>
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