Stepping Out with the Sacred Human Attempts to Engage the Divine

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A masterful and engaging account of how humans through centuries and cultures have engaged and experienced the divine.

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Preface	p. vii
Pinning Down the Sacred	p. 1
Location, Location, Location...	p. 10
What Do Humans Want?	p. 23
Does the Sacred Engage Us or Do We Engage the Sacred?	p. 34
Earth as a Sacred Site	p. 46
Sacred Places	p. 60
Sacred Things and Symbols	p. 73
Gurus and Go-betweens	p. 84
Community, Clergy and Caretakers	p. 100
Sacred Texts and Holy Books	p. 115
Rituals as Religious Action	p. 129
Sensing the Sacred	p. 146
What is Your Experience?	p. 163
Engaging through Prayer	p. 180
Meditation and Contemplation	p. 195
Engaging the Sacred in the World	p. 206
Borrowing, Conquering and Adapting	p. 221
Engaging the Sacred Together	p. 235
From Here to Where?	p. 247
Notes	p. 265
Index	p. 281
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