A Spirituality for Multiple Overwhelmings
In The Shape of Living (1997), David Ford coined the term multiple overwhelmings' to speak of the normative experience of being human. Taking this metaphor, the author offers an extended theological reflection upon the condition of being multiply overwhelmed, suggesting that this is constituti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2017]
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Practical theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-32 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B autoethnography B multiple overwhelming B Spiritual Practice |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | In The Shape of Living (1997), David Ford coined the term multiple overwhelmings' to speak of the normative experience of being human. Taking this metaphor, the author offers an extended theological reflection upon the condition of being multiply overwhelmed, suggesting that this is constitutive of the context and task of practical theology. After sketching out Ford's use of the metaphor, the author offers an autoethnographic account of multiple overwhelmings, before going on to suggest a variety of postures or stances which might shape a more or less adequate spirituality and spiritual practice that seeks to respond to the condition of multiple overwhelmings. The article ends with a brief sketch of a theology of overwhelming. |
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| ISSN: | 1756-0748 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2016.1275466 |