Biblical Mandate and Emerging Theology: Integral Spirituality: A Transformative Practice

Resumo

In the present time, the church and the society often discusses about the need for a deeper spirituality. On one hand, people are faced with countless startling life realities such as, poverty, disparity and unemployment; domination and violence; corruption and exploitation of power; emergence of an individualist, consumerist and competitive culture; and the like, which does not allow humans to establish profound and durable relationships.  People experience uncertainty, which terrorize their lives in fear and despair.  In response, the humankind explores kinds of spirituality that offers consolation and hope. On the other hand, the material world has extended to us abundant opportunities to develop our inner as well as outer formation and living.  However, often human endeavor turns in a futile circle as we fail to become mature enough to discover the true self and to live on earth in love, in peace, in harmony with oneself, with fellow human beings and nature and with the totality of our being.