Diana Butler Bass Quotes
Sometimes Critics Decry Spirituality As Individualism, But They Miss The Point. Spirituality Is Personal, Yes. To Experience God's Spirit, To Be Lost In Wonder, Is Something Profound That We Can All Know Directly And Inwardly. That Is Not A Problem. The Real Problem Is That, In The Last Two Centuries, Religion Has Actually Allowed Itself To Become Privatized. In The Same Way That Our Political And Economic Concerns Contracted From "we" To "me," So Has Our Sense Of God And Faith. In Many Quarters, Religion Abandoned A Prophetic And Creative Vision For Humanity's Common Life In Favor Of An Individual Quest To Get One's Sorry Ass To Heaven. And, In The Process, Community Became Isolated Behind The Walls Of Buildings Where Worship Experiences Corresponded To Members' Tastes And Preferences And Confirmed Their Political Views.
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