Pub Date : 2022-10-12DOI: 10.1080/20440243.2022.2129362
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/20440243.2022.2126138
June-Ann Greeley
ABSTRACT Sufism, the mystical dimension of Islam, has long included in its sema/sama – the worship ceremony – animated practices and performances, notably the use of sound and movement to express spiritual states, which is not favored by more traditional/conventional denominations of Islam. Sufis encourage song and chant, dance and movement, and other demonstrative exhibitions of faith, as palpable demonstrations of ecstatic love and spiritual joy in communion with the Divine. One of the most notable Sufis in the history of Islam is Jalaluddin Rumi (CE 1207–1273) – or, simply, Rumi – who founded a Sufi order known popularly as the Whirling Dervishes. The dervishes adhere to a meditative practice that Rumi encouraged as part of the sema/sama, the ‘dance’ of whirling, or turning. Sufi turning is a devotional expression of dhikr, the remembrance and contemplation of God. This essay discusses how the entranced spinning of the deliberately structured Sufi body (head, hands, arms, torso) can transform a secular/profane place into a space of mystical encounter with the Divine as the dervish whirls in continuous circles around the invisible axis that binds the Sufi to Allah. The essay will draw on the poetry and prose of Rumi to illustrate the transformation of indeterminate place to sanctified space.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/20440243.2022.2139127
Cheryl Hunt
Reflections. One of my favourite holiday destinations is the Isles of Scilly, a small archipelago 28 miles off the southern tip of Cornwall in the far southwest of the UK. There are five inhabited islands and numerous rocky islets. It is believed that they all once formed part of Ennor (Old Cornish for ‘Great Island’) which became partially submerged by rising sea levels towards the end of the Bronze Age (c.400 CE). On a few occasions each year when the spring tides create very low water levels, the channel between two of the islands becomes dry enough to cross between them on foot. Making such a crossing is an adventure into part of the ancient landscape of Ennor before it became fragmented. Weather permitting, on one day in spring and another in autumn when the water is at its very lowest the adventure has been celebrated in recent years with a ‘pop-up’ mini-festival on the long sandbar in the middle of the crossing. Usually under 20 feet of seawater, the bar becomes the temporary home of the aptly-named ‘Sand Bar’ serving local wines and other drinks; stalls selling island produce; musicians; performers – and dozens of people enjoying an event that must start and finish within only a couple of hours. By mid-afternoon, the Atlantic tide will have risen to reclaim the old landscape again. I was thinking about the islands and the passage of time when I began to draft this Editorial because it was there, in 2008, that I drafted the initial proposal for a yet-to-be-named journal which would provide an ‘interdisciplinary, inter-professional forum’ where those engaged in the study and practices of spirituality could share and debate the many issues and insights which were then largely being generated and discussed in separate ‘silos’. The journal proposal, together with preparations for a conference, were integral parts of ongoing plans to create the British Association for the Study of Spirituality (BASS). Since that time, BASS has become the International Network for the Study of Spirituality (INSS), its seventh biennial international conference will take place in 2023, and the journal proposal resulted in what you are now reading: the Journal for the Study of Spirituality (JSS), currently in its twelfth year of publication. In several previous Editorials, I have recounted some of the anecdotes associated with getting the proposal accepted, choosing a title for the journal, and the subsequent ups and downs, via five different publishing companies, of its progress to date. Following my usual summary of the contents of this issue, I will outline some new developments which will be taking place in relation to the journal in 2023 – and conclude with a final anecdote. When writing an Editorial, I have sometimes commented on contemporary events with which it has coincided. As I began this one, my thoughts about the passage of time were profoundly affected by the sad news on 8 September that Queen Elizabeth II had died. Until her state funeral took place
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71464-2
R. van Leeuwen
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/20440243.2022.2130696
L. Moore, Annalisa Burello, June Boyce-Tillman
ABSTRACT In March 2022, the International Network for the Study of Spirituality (INSS) launched a new Special Interest Group: Spirituality and the Arts (SASIG). This initiative, co-chaired by Lila Moore, June Boyce-Tillman and Annalisa Burello, aims to bring together artists, scholars, health practitioners and anyone with an interest in spirituality and the arts in order to explore and investigate the interconnections between these apparently distinct realms. Four events have been held to date. Recordings are available on YouTube to provide archival empirical evidence for future studies. The ethos of the group is to keep an open mindedness about the notion of spirituality as expressed by each individual and to apply a transdisciplinary and multimedia approach to its work. This article provides an overview of the work of the group to date.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/20440243.2022.2126136
L. Zsolnai
ABSTRACT This paper argues that mainstream economics is a materialist and reductionist science. It criticizes the core assumptions of mainstream economics – namely, the existence of ‘Homo Oeconomicus’ and the goals of profit maximization, economic efficiency, and economic growth; and shows that these goals lead to an economy that is not only unhealthy for people but is making the planet unsustainable. The paper makes a case for the development of a spiritually informed economics. It concludes that by helping to create ecological and human economic practices and policies, spiritually informed economics can support the flourishing of life on Earth (both human and non-human, present and future).
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/20440243.2022.2127183
Amy McCormack
ABSTRACT This article describes the purpose and work of BACP Spirituality, the spirituality division of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, including its journal Thresholds.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/20440243.2022.2126134
T. Plante
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/20440243.2022.2126139
Robyn Wrigley-Carr
ABSTRACT This article explores how our inner peace and spirituality are linked. It begins by very briefly mentioning ‘mindfulness’ and ‘watchfulness’, then expounds a different contemplative approach set out in the letters of Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941), a significant writer on spirituality in the first half of the twentieth century. During the Second World War, Underhill wrote to a group of women who named themselves ‘The Theological Kindergarten’, outlining spiritual practices for maintaining inner peace amidst the chaos of war. Underhill believed the roots of war lie in the spiritual realm and should be fought there, so she encouraged the women to undertake ‘spiritual war-work’, praying for the dictators. She encouraged the women to develop rhythms of daily contemplative prayer and meditation upon spiritual writings and liturgy to help them gain inner peace. Underhill also encouraged the women to try to accept their suffering and look beyond it to Eternity as well as being alert and expectant of God’s intervention. Rest and self-care were also emphasised, plus limiting exposure to war news. The current COVID-19 pandemic has often been referred to as a ‘war’ against an invisible enemy. The spiritual practices and posture that Underhill recommended to the ‘Theological Kindergarten’ during wartime provide insights regarding the cultivation and maintenance of inner peace during our current uncertain times of living with COVID, plus our global insecurity with wars and rumours of wars.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/20440243.2022.2126133
E. Howard
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