River Higginbotham
Autor(a) de Paganism: An Introduction to Earth- Centered Religions
About the Author
Joy and River Higginbotham (Missouri) have been teachers of Paganism for more than a decade. They are also the authors of Pagan Spirituality and Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions. Visit them online at WWW.riverand joyce.com.
Obras por River Higginbotham
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- Nome canónico
- Higginbotham, River
- Nome legal
- Higginbotham, Joyce
- Sexo
- female
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A thought-provoking exploration of spiritual beliefs, ethics, world views, etc. Includes fantastic reflective questions and activities for readers regardless of their religion or lack of. I appreciated the way the authors balanced the necessity of summarizing with the inclusion of other possibilities/exceptions.
ok intro to subject. includes exercises and visualizations, good bibliography
Full review to be posted on my blog.
Some quick impressions: a good introduction to the subject. Contains a good amount of exercises such as reflective questions and journal prompts. Good and basic. However authors can be a bit on the idealistic side, and they do make clear their biases and preferences, so not totally objective. Still overall a good place to start if this is something that interests you.
Some quick impressions: a good introduction to the subject. Contains a good amount of exercises such as reflective questions and journal prompts. Good and basic. However authors can be a bit on the idealistic side, and they do make clear their biases and preferences, so not totally objective. Still overall a good place to start if this is something that interests you.
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To my surprise, the parts I liked the best were the parts on Christianity. Let's face it, the Higginbothams aren't historians and I didn't buy a couple of their conclusions, but the information on which books of the Bible were written when, the historicity (or not) of Jesus, comparing Christianity to Mystery Cults of the classical era, and the rise of monotheism were the parts of the book that were the most AWESOME. I had never been exposed to this material before despite being raised Christian, and found it fascinating. I will say, however, that the chapter on Mystery Religions opens with some really annoying over-hyping. Not shocked to my bones over here, really, especially since I have a lot more sympathy for syncretic Christianity (or, as I've jokingly put it, "Christianity: The religion that hangs out in dark alleys and mugs other religions for their spare bits of dogma") than for modern fundamentalism.
All of which said, I continue to think that I'm not going to find a spirituality that fits in an off-the-shelf box. But this book makes me want to read more about the history of Christianity, especially the authorship of the Bible. Not the reaction I expected to have.… (mais)