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"Spirituality is an expression of bottom-up faith and does not always fit into accepted patterns of theology or practice."

By SharperIron on Wed, 04/18/12
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Religious Trends
Spirituality
“For centuries, faith was top-down: Spiritual power flowed from pope to the faithful, archbishop to Anglicans, priest to the pious, pastor to congregation. This has changed as regular people confidently assert that spirituality is a grass-roots adventure of seeking God, a journey of insight and inspiration involving authenticity and purpose that might or might not happen in a church, synagogue or mosque.” When religion and spirituality collide

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