Spirituality Book Reviews Samples For Students

The life you’ve always wanted is a book written by John Ortberg in the year of 1997. The author provides certain activities or practices for the readers through which they can arouse their spiritual sentiments from the inside. He feels that it is high time for human beings to become spiritually disciplined. For such human beings, he uses the word ‘Christ like creatures’ and he believes that it is possible to do so if certain practices were undertaken. The book talks about spirituality and how it can guide an individual to live a positive life with contentment. The language used ...

Book Review of The Complete Green Letters by Miles J. Stanford

The Complete Green Letters by Miles J. Stanford is made up of five sections which actually summarize the important points of his five published works: The Green Letters, The Principle of Position, The Ground of Growth, The Reckoning That Counts, and Abide Above. This book is a compilation of Christ’s identity and individual spiritual formation. Though it is like an anthology of his books, each section is very brief and concise but still gives the reader an understanding of Christ and spirituality.

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The first section, entitled Principles of Spiritual Growth, comprises eighteen chapters of values that lay the groundwork ...

McMinn, M. R. Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling. Revised ed. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 2011. Print.

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In Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling, Mark McMinn (2011) presents his view that Christian counseling does not merely involve psychology and theology. He emphasizes that we should not merely consider the interdisciplinary approach in itself, rather the inclusion of spirituality must also be considered. To make Christian counseling an intradisciplinary approach, both the counselor and the client must be involved. McMinn believes that a client cannot become spiritually mature unless the counselor is spiritually mature as well. Before the ...

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The book The life you’ve always wanted: The spiritual disciplines for ordinary people was written by John Ortberg and published by Zondervan in 2002. The main topic is the personal transformation in the spiritual terms which only a person willing to make a spiritual progress is capable of. The book opens with the description of personal failure and a willingness to improve oneself by becoming a better person. Ortberg discusses the term morphoo and explains that it is “the inward and real formation of the essential nature of a person” (Ortberg, 2002, p. 23). Morphing means becoming a ...

4-MAT review for Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling

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The following article will make a review of the book Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling by the famous author Mark McMinn. McMinn had begun by focusing on a base for a Christian global view which is based on the counseling (McMinn, 2011, p.9). By analyzing this basic frontier, McMinn has been able to discuss various foundational ideas and religious interference which is directly interrelated and as well as other challenges which are faced by religious counselors around the globe. They are not only biblical and theological foundations in nature but also important to effective and efficient ...

BOOK REVIEW ON SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE BY DONALD S. WHITNEY

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The book titled Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald S. Whitney deals with religion and how it can be engraved in one’s life. These guidelines can be extremely useful for today’s generation that is finding it a considerable task to make religion a part of their daily lives. A broad statement that covers the entire intention behind this book is; “to naturally express Christ’s character through your own personality”. The sections in this piece of writing are divided on the basis of certain religious practices that are inclusive of prayer, worship and fasting, and are ...

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Nouwen’s ‘Reaching out’ presents a model that releases Christians and people in general to live in the ‘Spirit of Jesus’. According to Nouwen, Christians have to learn to outlive the tension created by an elusive state, loneliness and personal hostility. As he opines, the human life often shifts between two poles of fruitful and stressful living and hence, the temptation to be indifferent is real to all hence the inner cry for true spirituality among many. Consequentially, the author argues that there is a need to shift from living in personal loneliness to embracing solitude and from living ...

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Literary Background 6
Core Points of Review 7
Factual Presentation from the Book 9
Example of Religious Paradox in the Book 9
Special Message of the Book 11
Conclusion 11
Personal Suggestion 11

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What the Buddha Never Taught by Tim Ward
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Religion forms the core of human existence and our lives, principles, values, ethics are highly influenced by the religions we follow; however, man has been questioning the essence of religion ever since he came into being. No matter whether you follow Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Jainism, one never ...

In October, 2002, the Reverend Billy Graham kicked off his last public crusade, the four-day Metroplex Mission that broke attendance records at Texas Stadium, which at that time also was the home of the Dallas Cowboys. These records should not have been a surprise, because Rev. Graham’s career in ministry has spanned more than six decades, and over 200 million people have heard his sermons1. While many evangelists have been known to preach for as long as an hour – or even longer – once the cavalcade of musicians stopped coming across the stage, Rev. Graham strode to the pulpit. Fifteen ...

Shaul Magid’s (2013) idea of Jewish identity is very different from the views of the past. Instead of looking at the people who make up the community as a whole, he took the elements outside Judaism and helped those factors shape the overall identity of Jews or what it means to be a Jew. Unlike the stereotypical images of the past, Magid (2013) fuses these different elements and separates Jewishness in a way that it makes sense in a post-modern world. His post-ethnic idea of Judaism is groundbreaking because he defines culture in such a multifaceted way. Instead of taking a look at Jews ...

The main reason why the Gohyaku Rakanji Temple was considered “strange” was a technique of “immediate-impact hall, the first in Japanese Buddhist history” (Screech 415). This meant that statue of Buddha, rich ornaments and five hundred of arhats were seen by view from the entrance. Another particular feature of the construction was that the Turbo Hall was three-storied instead of a regular, single-story building characteristic for temples of Edo period (Screech 417). It was also opened to all visitors, which was not regular for other Japanese temples, pagodas or praying houses (Screech 417). Another peculiarity of the Turbo Hall was its ...