This is a piece I recently wrote for the Good Men Project. What does spirituality have to do with being a man? Is personal growth a spiritual process?How is spirituality more suited than religion for the modern man? These are questions this post explores…
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More and more men I work with are seeking a spiritual path. More men are hungry for more meaning and purpose in their lives. More and more men are open to a conversation about spirituality. More and more men are waking up to what is possible in their lives.
Spirituality is a tool to facilitate this waking up process.
Perhaps the term spirituality is hard to understand. Still, most of us have had spiritual moments or experiences in our lives. From a newborn child to an epic scene in the wilderness, the unexplainable splendor is everywhere.
I grew up in Utah around the Mormon faith and was raised agnostic. In my teens I became an atheist and even suicidal. Not until my experimentation with drugs in college did I begin to see there was something going on “behind the scenes.”
I spent years searching, wondering, spending time alone, and reading books—seeking something I could not name. Since religion didn’t have the answers I was searching for, I continued my quest. Because I was so depressed and locked up in my life, I finally…read the rest here.
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Joseph
November 30, 2009Folks might find the journal I edit interesting: Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality [http://www.jmmsweb.org].
[Following the mentioned historical Mormonism, we also have an article, “The Performance of Normativity: Mormons and the Construction of an American Masculinity”:
http://www.jmmsweb.org/issues/volume1/number2/pp137-154%5D
Academic, but readable!
jayson
December 1, 2009Joseph,
Outstanding resource. Thank you. What posts do you recommend for the reader on this site?
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