Re: special ways of holiness

[Ann Wansbrough]

According to Patricia Haywood and Jonathon Nobel in HSc Studies of Religion, Macquarie Revision Guides, 2003, "a way of holiness is a way of expressing the day-to-day life of a religious tradition in the life of an individual believer in such a way as to separate those aspects of life from the ordinary". In Christianity it includes both public and private prayer. Perhaps the For Students section of the synod website might offer some of our ways of holiness through links to or files of material that offer prayer and devotional material such as, perhaps, (a) ncyc websites or extracts from ncyc CDs etc (b) ncca youth network website, including some suggestions about relevant material on the CD for the Decade to Overcome Violence - some other DOV stuff eg about journey of promise might be relevant (c) any uca websites specifically about retreats, prayer, individual bible study and meditation etc. (d) prayer and meditation materials on uca ecotheology, social justice, gospel and gender etc  websites eg social justice sunday liturgies. (e) some information on With love to the World - perhaps some sample material Ann (Rev. Dr.) Ann Wansbrough UnitingCare NSW.ACT PO Box A 2178 Sydney South 1235 Phone (61) (02) 8267 4280 Fax (61) (02) 9267 4842 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Bos To: Insights list Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:31 PM Subject: Fw: special ways of holiness Richard Foster's books are still worth reading. Another useful book is Robin Maas and Gabriel O'Donnell, "Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church" (Abingdon, 1990). I can recommend websites on particular expressions of spirituality (Benedictine, Celtic, Franciscan, Reformed, Ignatian etc), but not on holiness in general. Rob (Bos)   ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Webb To: insights Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:12 PM Subject: special ways of holiness We often get requests for help from religious studies students.   This one I am throwing to the too hard basket (you lot on insights-l).   If your answers are good I�ll add them to our for schools section.   A year 12 student doing a Studies of Religion 2 unit course has been given the question: "Are special ways of holiness and ordinary ways of holiness as important to people today as they were in the past?" Are there any sites from which one can obtain quotations from various religious leaders on the topic and perhaps gain a view on the past?   My ordinary ways of holiness are pretty rare and therefore special to me.   Stephen