Spirituality for Our Global Community or Race Against Time

Spirituality for Our Global Community: Beyond Traditional Religion to a World at Peace

Author: Daniel Helminiak

In this ground breaking book, Daniel Helminiak provides a crucial spiritual option for the many who feel the need to go beyond the secular materialism of modern society and the beliefs of traditional religious faith. Helminiak gives us a compelling vision of a global spirituality that downplays beliefs and emphasizes the essential spiritual dynamics of the common human quest for wholeness, goodness, freedom and community.

Table of Contents:

Preface     ix
Introduction     xiii
The Current Cultural Crisis     1
The Relevance and Irrelevance of Religion     19
The Spirit of Humanity     41
The Structure of the Human Spirit     55
The Problem of God     75
Otherworldly Beliefs and Spiritual Community     97
The Psychological Housing of the Human Spirit     121
Our Global Community     139
Index     169
About the Author     185

Read also The Forging of the Modern State or Economics

Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS Ravaged Africa (CBC Massey Lectures Series)

Author: Stephen Lewis

In 2000, the United Nations laid out a series of eight goals meant to guide humankind in the new century. Called the Millennium Development Goals, these targets are to be met by 2015 and are to lay the foundation for a prosperous future. In Race Against Time, Stephen Lewis advances real solutions to help societies across the globe achieve the Millennium Goals. Through lucid, pragmatic explanations, he shows how dreams such as universal primary education, a successful war against the AIDS pandemic, and environmental sustainability, are within the grasp of humanity. For anyone interested in forging a better world in the third millennium, Race Against Time is powerful testimony.