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What Does Spirituality Mean to Us?

Description

This is the Fetzer Institute's study of spirituality in the United States. This report is a qualitative and quantitative inquiry into what spirituality looks like for people of all spiritual and religious backgrounds across the country.

Features

A PDF report on spirituality in the United States; exploration of a variety of spiritual experiences.

Recommended Audience

Congregational leaders looking for a deeper sense of what "spiritual but not religious" means

Cost

Free

Practical Applications

  • Read as a devotional.
  • Consider your own faith in relation to what other people believe.

About the Contributor

Contributor
Tim Shapiro

Tim Shapiro is the Indianapolis Center’s president. He began serving the Center in 2003 after 18 years in pastoral ministry. For 14 years, Tim served Westminster Presbyterian Church in Xenia, Ohio. Prior to his pastorate at Westminster, he was pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Logansport, Indiana. He holds degrees from Purdue University and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Tim’s interest in how congregations learn to do new things is represented in his book How Your Congregation LearnsAfter his extensive work on the Center’s Sacred Space initiative, Tim co-authored the book Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and MessageHe has also authored several articles, including Applying Positive Deviance and The Congregation of Theological Coherence.

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