105,758 words (≈ about 7 hours)
This study is concerned with that area of Christianity known as 'spiritual gifts', or 'charismata' and particularly the gifts of revelation and inspiration - and God's guidance. Initially, these gifts are explored and defined in Biblical terms with a Calvinist interpretation, but as the study progresses it becomes more and more evident that tests are needed to be applied witrh regard to claims of experiences of spiritual gifts in order to prevent the Christian believer… (more)
Language: English
Written in: 2011
Published: 2011-01-19
Word count: 105,758 words (≈ about 7 hours)
License: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (cc by-nc-nd)
Tags: Spiritual gifts, Holy Spirit, Christianity, Christian, fundamentalism, Pentecostalism, Calvinism, revelation, Inspiration, bible, scripture, Charismatics, Guidance, God, devil, satan, Canon, Prophecy, "Tongue, spea
Pilgrim Simon has spent forty years exploring spirituality. He gained a degree in psychology and post graduate qualifications in counselling and was for a time a member of the British Psychological Society, contributing to their Transpersonal Psychology Journal. He has had a number of mystical experiences and has also been diagnosed as Bi-Polar or Manic-Depressive. It is this set of circumstances that contribute to the themes of his studies, and enable him to look at his subjects with personal insight. His studies draw not only from personal experience but also from many religious and spiritual traditions as well as from psychology, psychiatry and Transpersonal psychology including thinkers such as Shankara, Ibn Al-Arabi, Meister Eckhart, David Waite, George Kelly, Ken Wilber, Arthur Deikman and Karen Armstrong. Some studies are purely Christian in content, whilst others draw on a wider spiritual perspective
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