Experiencing God in everything and nothingness : negativity, embodiment, and spirituality, South African perspectives / edited by Annette Potgieter and Khegan M. Delport.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Potgieter, Annette, editor.

Delport, Khegan M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiritual life.

Spiritual life--Christianity--History of doctrines.

Christian life--South Africa.

Christian life.

Physical Description:

viii, 230 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers, [2024]

Summary:

"COVID-19 has impacted the way we see the world and the way we view spirituality; in times of crisis, people turn or return to religion or spirituality. Most of the South African population identifies as Christian. This brings to the fore what is meant by "spirituality" in a country crippled by the remains of apartheid structure, rampant corruption, poverty, and various systemic problems. Overall, there is a lack of scholarship investigating "spirituality" and "spirituality studies" from the global South. This book aims to bridge the gap. New avenues are investigated of thinking about God in difficult circumstances, as ideologies of hope and prosperity are reshaped. This book links text and context, spirituality and material culture, self and society, the analogue and the digital, contemplation and action, saying and unsaying; in short, the question of experiencing God in both everything and nothingness comes under the scope of this book."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Navigating Nothingness

The Spirituality of Space

The Attention Assemblage and the Machines of Acedia

Beyond the Totality of Religion

"Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow"

Youth and Environmental Consciousness

Characterizing Pharaoh's Self-Destructive Politics alongside the Plagues and Politics of South Africa

Spirituality, Poverty, and the Problem of Evil in the Book of Qoheleth

The Tension between Experiences of Nothingness and Hope in the Metaphorical Meaning of the Names of the Children (Isa 7-8) from a Perspective of Generational Imprinted Trauma and Resilience

Using Biblical Trauma-Texts to Help Pain-Bearers Find Hope

Hope in the Midst of Death?

Bible, Spirituality, and Method.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781666764352

1666764353

1666764361

9781666764369

OCLC:

1434653017

Publisher Number:

90100165689