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Tables of Contents for Faith in Exile
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
4
Part One: Place: Suffering the Sense of Religious Exile
5
46
Sacred Space
7
14
Sacred Times
Your Own Sacred Places and Times
Sacred Interiority
Pilgrimage: The Rhythm of the Spiritual Life
Choose to Start
Exile
21
15
Exile in the Bible
Personal Exile
Religious Exile
Spiritual Exile
The God of No Place
Exile and the Spiritual Life
Return
36
15
Negotiating Return from Exile
Return to Religion
Return to Spirituality
Return to God
The Many Ways of Return
The God of Return
Part Two: Diligence: Becoming a Spiritual Pilgrim
51
52
Loving Care for One's Self
55
17
Original Self-Exile
Self-Compromise
What Is the Self?
The Spiritual Life and the Return to Self
The Self and God
Loving Care for Others
72
16
Romance and the Spiritual Life
Friendship
Spiritual Friendship
Acquaintances
Sin and Diligence
Sacred Space and Human Need
Loving Care for the World
88
15
A Spirituality of Creation
A Spirituality of Work
Nature: Subject or Object?
Consumerism and Materialism
Hope for Creation
Part Three: Hope: Investing in the Future
103
46
Grace
107
14
Grace and the Spiritual Life
God and Grace
Grace and Sin
The Role of Religion
Conversion
121
13
Death and Dying
Resurrection
Intellectual Conversion
Moral Conversion
Spiritual Conversion
Conversion and Hope
Commitment
134
15
Commitment in Personal Relationships
Commitment to Causes and Communities
Commitment and Faith
Spirituality and Faith Commitment
Commitment and Hope
Postscript
149