Spirit of Water, Spirit of Aloha: An Experiential Program of Reflection and Formation
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Authors
Nelson, Benjamin H. III
Issue Date
2014-01-20
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
Personal spritual experience , Spiritual lives , Hawaiian culture , Spirituality of Creation , God in creation , University of the South , School of Theology thesis 2013 , School of Theology, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
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Abstract
Christian communities are in need of connecting personal experience of God in Creation with traditional teachings of the church. By developing an experiential course of formation and reflection using three unique areas of focus, participants in one community are given an opportunity to deepen their own spiritual lives. The areas of focus are: an experience with naturally occurring water sources, values found in the tradition of native Hawaiian culture, and the language of covenant given in the Episcopal
Book of Common Prayer. When integrated through the lens of experience and reflection, these three areas can help develop a richer understanding of the Spirituality of Creation. This project is an example of how that process works by reorienting perception and opening the individual to new experiences of God in creation.