Our book opens with a discussion of what "spirituality" means. Our authors note that there are a variety of spiritual practices both within and beyond the Roman Catholic and Christian traditions. While the focus of this book will be an examination of Jesuit spirituality, I would be interested in reading your thoughts on what spirituality means to you.
Our authors note that spirituality can mean "the concrete ways that a person or group relates to life's ultimate questions" or more simply, spirituality can be "a pathway to God." (pgs 2) Newsweek did an interesting poll (August 29 - September 5, 2005: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9024914/site/newsweek/) that showed a high number of Americans willing to define themselves as "spiritual," not necessarily "religious." How would you answer if asked to define yourself? What are the differences between "spiritual" and "religious?" Any other reactions to the introduction or other aspects of the book?
