Universal Spirit: The Seasons of the Christian Year in the Company of Northrop Frye - Don Collett
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To a church that increasingly addresses itself to biblically illiterate people, to people who may have little or no church experience, and to those who simply call themselves spiritual-but-not-re-ligious, Don Collett's look at the Christian year inspired by the work of the great Canadian schol-ar Northrop Frye offers a priceless gift. "Frye conceived of a world beyond the normal confines of Christian doctrine and theology," writes Collett, "and then found a place for Chris-tian doctrine and theology to provide the hope this world needs." This movement, says Collett, allows us to "begin…mehr

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To a church that increasingly addresses itself to biblically illiterate people, to people who may have little or no church experience, and to those who simply call themselves spiritual-but-not-re-ligious, Don Collett's look at the Christian year inspired by the work of the great Canadian schol-ar Northrop Frye offers a priceless gift. "Frye conceived of a world beyond the normal confines of Christian doctrine and theology," writes Collett, "and then found a place for Chris-tian doctrine and theology to provide the hope this world needs." This movement, says Collett, allows us to "begin conversations that seem wholly secular" - conversation that happen in "language" most familiar to people today, both inside and outside the church - "and arrive at the vocabulary of the spiritual life." While the seasons of the Christian year - Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pente-cost - may seem arcane to many, Collett uses this method of structuring the year as a way to draw forth insights into what he calls the Universal Spirit, spiritual truths which may be applied in the course of a person's everyday life. Says Collett, "These pieces will appeal to the person who desires to make sense of spiritual concepts and topics, and to the way both intersect with the challenging events of our times."
Autorenporträt
Don Collett is a Clinical Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and a Registered Clinical Counselor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors. He provides therapeutic services to a broad spectrum of individuals, couples, and families from every walk of life and with various men-tal health concerns. He has worked in a wide range of mental health settings including employment centres and First United Church in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Currently, he is under con-tract to provide therapeutic assistance to employees of Vancouver Coastal Health. As a minister with the United Church of Canada for over 35 year years, he brings his faith and theology to these various contexts when it is appropriate. He conducts workshops on various mental health issues in the community. He is the current President of the BC Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and sits on the Board of the Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. This is his first book.