Public intellectual Charles Handy describes ours as the “age of the hungry spirit.” Everyone, it seems, is on a spiritual journey. In such an age it is common to speak glowingly of spiritual journeys and derogatorily about a journey towards God within religion. Tonight we look at the relationship between spiritual journey and religion: Can a person be on a spiritual journey and not a religious journey? Can we be on a religious journey and not a spiritual journey? Is the optimal experience a spiritual journey within a religious tradition? In this segment we’re joined by Len Sweet, futurist and E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at Drew University and Visiting Professor at George Fox University, author of Soul Tsunami and Aqua Church.

 

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