Stepping out with the sacred : human attempts to engage the divine /: human attempts to engage the divine. (2010 copyright 2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Val Webb.
• Other Names: Webb, Val
• Contents: Pinning down the sacred -- Location, location, location ... -- What do humans want? -- Does the sacred engage us or do we engage the sacred? -- Earth as a sacred site -- Sacred places -- Sacred things and symbols -- Gurus and go-betweens -- Community, clergy and caretakers -- Sacred texts and holy books -- Rituals as religious action -- Sensing the sacred -- What is your experience? -- Engaging through prayer -- Meditation and contemplation -- Engaging the sacred in the world -- Borrowing, conquering and adapting -- Engaging the sacred together -- From here to where?
• Publisher Details: New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 202.11; Autobiography: religious & spiritual; Gods; Spirituality; Experience (Religion); Holy, The; Experience (Religion); Gods; Holy, The; Spirituality; Ritual; Kult; Religion -- Spirituality; Biography & Autobiography -- Religious; Spirituality & religious experience
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441184061; 1441184066
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.