Me, my church and I.(M.E.M.O)

From: The Christian Century | Date: January 25, 2005| Author: Marty, Martin E. | Copyright information

SPIRITUALITY" VERSUS "religion" has become a defining conflict of our time. Former colleague Winnifred Sullivan taught me that some people take all of the things they don't like out of religion and call what's left "spirituality." Spiritualities modified by adjectives are not a problem: Jesuit, Jewish; African-American, feminist, medieval and other such spiritualities are rich; unmodified spirituality is banal.

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