Before Belief

Bruce A. Stevens

doi:10.5771/9781793607225

Before Belief

Discovering First Spiritual Awareness

1. Edition 2020

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doi.org/10.5771/9781793607225
ISBN print: 978-1-7936-0721-8
ISBN online: 978-1-7936-0722-5
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

First things are spiritually and theologically important. Before Belief explores the precognitive human experience of transcendence, illuminating how such foundational experiences are formative of attachment relationships with people and ultimately with God. The book proposes an implicit learning model rather than rely on Freud’s or Jung’s understanding of the unconscious, with a goal of recovering unconscious spiritual learning. Once discovered and put into language, early learning needs to be tested and integrated into life experience and expressed in committed living. The theories examined and advanced in the work are also carried through in practical case studies that demonstrate the pastoral and clinical salience of understanding and connecting people to those grounding experiences.

Schlagworte

Early spirituality implicit learning spiritual direction spiritual formation sentence completion pastoral care unconscious spiritual learning

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Preface
- Contents
1–6 Introduction 1–6
7–16 Chapter OneSome Maps 7–16
17–22 Chapter TwoFirst Things First 17–22
23–32 Chapter ThreeFrom One Generation to the Next 23–32
33–44 Chapter FourThe Senses 33–44
45–50 Chapter FiveSight 45–50
51–60 Chapter SixTouch (Including the Sense of Body) 51–60
61–64 Chapter SevenHearing 61–64
65–68 Chapter EightSmell 65–68
69–74 Chapter NineTaste 69–74
75–82 Chapter TenRevisiting Infantile Experience 75–82
83–92 Chapter ElevenInto Language 83–92
93–102 Chapter TwelveEvaluation 93–102
103–110 Chapter ThirteenNow for Integration 103–110
111–118 Chapter FourteenCommitted Living 111–118
119–128 Chapter FifteenEarly Spirituality in Ministry 119–128
129–130 Conclusion 129–130
131–132 AppendixThe Early Spirituality Profile 131–132
133–142 Bibliography 133–142
143–146 Index 143–146
147–148 About the Author 147–148

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