__"A masterpiece of understanding and guidance"__   
"David Benner offers us a masterpiece of understanding and guidance for mature, fully alive human living. The profound and fiercely honest human and spiritual wisdom found here will leave the reader more in touch with both the impediments to full human aliveness and the possibilities of such aliveness, which are aided by the many concrete spiritual practices that Benner offers. He challenges our settling for a narrow, repressed way of life and spirituality and calls us to become more truly alive in every dimension of our being: body, soul, and spirit."--__Tilden Edwards__, founder and senior fellow, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Washington, DC  
  
"David Benner has done it again! In this profound, highly readable book that plumbs the depths, he integrates his impressive gifts in psychology and theology with his own lived spirituality as a lifelong seeker. To immerse oneself in Soulful Spirituality is the next best thing to sitting down with him for a transforming, intimate, and enlivening conversation."--__Margaret Guenther__, professor emerita of ascetical theology and former director of the Center for Christian Spirituality, General Theological Seminary  
  
"I believe this will be David Benner's most important book. Some will find it controversial. But many more, I believe, will find it hope- and life-giving. Soulful Spirituality moves the reader beyond beliefs and practices to the discovery of the rich resources of an in-bodied Christian spirituality, resources for helping you become the unique and whole human being you were intended to be."--__Gary W. Moon__, vice president and integration chair, Richmont Graduate University; author, Apprenticeship with Jesus "Someone needed to write this book, and I'm glad it was David Benner. His wise, incisive, and winsome style makes unsettling truth easier to receive and challenges to the status quo profoundly liberating."--__Ruth Haley Barton__, founder, Transforming Center; author, Sacred Rhythms and Invitation to Solitude and Silence

__David G. Benner__ (PhD, York University; post-doctoral studies, Chicago Institute of Psychoanalysis) is an internationally known depth psychologist, author, spiritual guide, and personal transformation coach who has spent thirty-five years integrating psychology and spirituality. He currently serves as Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Spirituality at Psychological Studies Institute, Richmont Graduate University (Atlanta, Georgia). He has authored or edited more than twenty books--including Strategic Pastoral Counseling--lectures widely around the world, and has held numerous clinical and academic appointments. Visit his website at www.drdavidgbenner.ca.

Spirituality has an indispensable role to play in the expression of our humanity. However, spiritual practices can sometimes make us less, not more, authentically human. We may be good Christians, but we aren't good human beings. How can we ensure that our spiritual journey is conducted in a way that allows us to become fully alive and deeply human?  
  
David Benner has spent thirty-five years integrating psychology and spirituality. Here he presents an expansive, psychologically informed understanding of spirituality, probing the contrasts between soulful and soulless spirituality, deep and shallow religion, and healthy and unhealthy relationships with God to affirm the vital role of human development in the spiritual journey. Benner then suggests soulful practices for cultivating the Christian spiritual life.  
  
This book will appeal to readers seeking depth and substance in their quest for authentic spirituality. It will also be a helpful resource for mental health professionals and spiritual directors. Reflection questions and exercises for individual or group use are included at the end of each chapter.d

An internationally respected psychologist and spiritual guide shows how an authentic spiritual journey must be grounded in human development.

__Part One: The Challenge of Becoming Fully Human__ 1. The Struggle to Be Fully Alive  
2. Our Restless Hearts  
3. Understanding Our Humanity  
__Part Two: The Path to Becoming Fully Human__ 4. Living with Spirit and Soul  
5. The Spiritual Nature of the Human Journey  
6. Deep Religion and Healthy Spirituality  
7. Embodied Spirituality  
__Part Three: Spiritual Practices for the Human Journey__ 8. Awareness  
9. Wonder  
10. Otherness  
11. Reality  
12. Presence  
13. Surrender  
Epilogue: Being at One  
Index

Benner, David G. PhD

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Endorsements

Dedication

Preface

Part One: The Challenge of Becoming Fully Human

1. The Struggle to Be Fully Alive

2. Our Restless Hearts

3. Understanding Our Humanity

Part Two: The Path to Becoming Fully Human

4. Living with Spirit and Soul

5. The Spiritual Nature of the Human Journey

6. Deep Religion and Healthy Spirituality

7. Embodied Spirituality

Part Three: Spiritual Practices for the Human Journey

8. Awareness

9. Wonder

10. Otherness

11. Reality

12. Presence

13. Surrender

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Other Books by the Author

Back Cover

Spirituality has an indispensable role to play in the expression of our humanity. However, spiritual practices can sometimes make us less, not more, authentically human. We may be good Christians, but we aren't good human beings. How can we ensure that our spiritual journey is conducted in a way that allows us to become fully alive and deeply human?  
  
David Benner has spent thirty-five years integrating psychology and spirituality. Here he presents an expansive, psychologically informed understanding of spirituality, probing the contrasts between soulful and soulless spirituality, deep and shallow religion, and healthy and unhealthy relationships with God to affirm the vital role of human development in the spiritual journey. Benner then suggests soulful practices for cultivating the Christian spiritual life.  
  
This book will appeal to readers seeking depth and substance in their quest for authentic spirituality. It will also be a helpful resource for mental health professionals and spiritual directors. Reflection questions and exercises for individual or group use are included at the end of each chapter.

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