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In this groundbreaking book, Daniel Helminiak provides a crucial
spiritual option D a middle path between modern society's secular
materialism and traditional religion's other-worldly focus and
institutional dogmatism. The functional atheism of our contemporary
consumer and scientific society (as championed by current best
selling authors Sam Harris' The End of Faith, Richard Dawkins' The
God Delusion, and Christopher Hitchens' God is Not Great) doesn't
satisfy our desire for lasting meaning and value. But the
parochial, inflexible character of traditional religious beliefs
increasingly result in personal, local, and global conflicts in our
current world of pluralism, globalization, respect for science and
progress. Helminiak gives us a compelling vision of a global
spirituality that downplays beliefs and emphasizes the essential
spiritual dynamics of the common human quest for wholeness,
goodness, freedom and community. Spirituality for a Global
Community builds on the spiritual facet of our common humanity,
stressing wholesome living on planet Earth, and opening onto the
range of religions and belief in God.
A down-to-earth look at the spiritual power of sex Sex and the
Sacred examines the spiritual dimension of human sexuality in a way
that is free of religious affiliation but still open to traditional
religion and belief in God. Dr. Daniel Helminiak, author of the
best-selling What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality, looks
at the relationship between sexuality and spirituality, first, from
a humanistic perspective and, then, a more familiar Christian point
of view. In particular, he encourages LGBTI people to reclaim their
spiritual heritage without apology. This unique book emphasizes
spiritual commitment as an essential facet of LGBTI/queer
consciousness and addresses such burning themes as coming out, the
importance of self-acceptance, gay marriage, gay bashing, and the
ethics of gay sex. Sex and the Sacred combines a psychological
approach to spirituality with common sense and compassion,
inspiring a break from moralistic religion and an understanding of
what true spirituality means. The book applies this understanding
to Christian topics such as the Bible, Fundamentalism, and the
future of Christianity, and shows how coming out was an issue for
Jesus, how homosexual experience relates to the Christian Trinity,
and how Western Civilization became so sex-negative. Sex and the
Sacred presents in the end a radical vision of Christianity open to
all people. Religious leaders of all denominations, educators,
counselors, members of the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender
community, non-religious spiritual seekers, and anyone interested
in the relationship between spirituality and sexuality will find
this book enlightening and uplifting. Sex and the Sacred examines:
the spiritual drive that is built into human sexuality the standard
religious arguments against gay marriage a sustained argument that
Biblical Fundamentalism is not Christian spiritual lessons from the
AIDS epidemic the right and wrong of sexqueer and otherwise
homosexuality in Catholic teaching and practice sexual ethics
without religion a vision for a renewed Christianity within a
global community
Spiritual crisis is symptomatic of our age. In a global society,
even in our own neighborhoods, we know of many religions. They all
claim to be true, yet their teachings differ. How do you know what
to believe? What is it today to really follow God's way? The
Transcended Christian addresses these questions head on. It's about
staying deeply rooted in Jesus while branching out to a world of
diversity. It's about religion outside the box. Daniel Helminiak
made that trek himself. He was ordained a Catholic priest in Rome.
He ministered in a large suburban parish. He earned a PhD in
theology. He taught graduate theology to seminary students. He
realized he's gay and learned how it feels to be a religious
outcast. He earned a second PhD in psychology and made spiritual
growth his focus. Still a practicing Catholic, he is a Professor in
the humanistic and transpersonal Department of Psychology at the
University of West Georgia near Atlanta, where he lives. In a
series of essays on all facets of Christianity, Daniel shares the
wisdom he learned along his spiritual journey. He is also author of
eight other books on religion, spirituality, psychology, and
sexuality. He is most widely known for the international
best-seller What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality. Visit
him on line at www.visionsofdaniel.net.
A down-to-earth look at the spiritual power of sex Sex and the
Sacred examines the spiritual dimension of human sexuality in a way
that is free of religious affiliation but still open to traditional
religion and belief in God. Dr. Daniel Helminiak, author of the
best-selling What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality, looks
at the relationship between sexuality and spirituality, first, from
a humanistic perspective and, then, a more familiar Christian point
of view. In particular, he encourages LGBTI people to reclaim their
spiritual heritage without apology. This unique book emphasizes
spiritual commitment as an essential facet of LGBTI/queer
consciousness and addresses such burning themes as coming out, the
importance of self-acceptance, gay marriage, gay bashing, and the
ethics of gay sex. Sex and the Sacred combines a psychological
approach to spirituality with common sense and compassion,
inspiring a break from moralistic religion and an understanding of
what true spirituality means. The book applies this understanding
to Christian topics such as the Bible, Fundamentalism, and the
future of Christianity, and shows how coming out was an issue for
Jesus, how homosexual experience relates to the Christian Trinity,
and how Western Civilization became so sex-negative. Sex and the
Sacred presents in the end a radical vision of Christianity open to
all people. Religious leaders of all denominations, educators,
counselors, members of the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender
community, non-religious spiritual seekers, and anyone interested
in the relationship between spirituality and sexuality will find
this book enlightening and uplifting. Sex and the Sacred examines:
the spiritual drive that is built into human sexuality the standard
religious arguments against gay marriage a sustained argument that
Biblical Fundamentalism is not Christian spiritual lessons from the
AIDS epidemic the right and wrong of sexqueer and otherwise
homosexuality in Catholic teaching and practice sexual ethics
without religion a vision for a renewed Christianity within a
global community
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