Integral Spirituality (Paul R. Smith)
Christianity Meets Ken Wilber’s Integralism
[My 3-star Amazon review (NDA) of “Integral Christianity: The Spirit’s Call to Evolve” by Paul R. Smith.]
This is a thoughtful, well-written book that seeks to integrate Christianity with renowned thinker Ken Wilber’s Integral philosophy. The author, Rev.Paul Smith, covers a lot of ground in the text, examining Christianity historically, socioculturally, and spiritually through the lens of Wilber’s Integral philosophy. Smith also describes his own struggles and weaknesses, which adds an enriching personal touch to the text. If you’re at all like me, you’ll like the man.
Although I’m a critic of, rather than a fan of, Wilber’s Integralism, his philosophy is a big step up from mainstream Christianity; hence, this text can only uplift conventional Christians. It would be easy for me to shred the Wilberian Progressive POVs espoused by Smith in this book, but I prefer to direct my arguments at Wilber’s writings, which I have, to a limited extent, already done in my text “Electrical Christianity.”
If you’re just interested in mystical or esoteric Christianity, this isn’t a book to get, but if you want to learn about, or further consider, the interface between Christianty and Ken Wilber’s Integralism, it’s a text worth getting.
[My 3-star Amazon review (NDA) of “Integral Christianity: The Spirit’s Call to Evolve” by Paul R. Smith.]
This is a thoughtful, well-written book that seeks to integrate Christianity with renowned thinker Ken Wilber’s Integral philosophy. The author, Rev.Paul Smith, covers a lot of ground in the text, examining Christianity historically, socioculturally, and spiritually through the lens of Wilber’s Integral philosophy. Smith also describes his own struggles and weaknesses, which adds an enriching personal touch to the text. If you’re at all like me, you’ll like the man.
Although I’m a critic of, rather than a fan of, Wilber’s Integralism, his philosophy is a big step up from mainstream Christianity; hence, this text can only uplift conventional Christians. It would be easy for me to shred the Wilberian Progressive POVs espoused by Smith in this book, but I prefer to direct my arguments at Wilber’s writings, which I have, to a limited extent, already done in my text “Electrical Christianity.”
If you’re just interested in mystical or esoteric Christianity, this isn’t a book to get, but if you want to learn about, or further consider, the interface between Christianty and Ken Wilber’s Integralism, it’s a text worth getting.
