Spiritual Transformations: Science, Religion, and Human Becoming

In our contemporary evolutionary worldview, the universe is in a continuous creative transformation. Yet what is true of the universe is also true of human life. Eminent theologian Karl Peters here explores the many forms of spiritual transformations - from predictable passages experienced with age, to the unexpected passages we are suddenly required to make, to religious conversion, to calamity and even death. Through story and analysis, Spiritual Transformations also draws out how they bring us into our sacred center (God within), bring about wholeness, release us from self-preoccupation, and relate us in new ways to others, the earth, and the cosmos itself.

Karl E. Peters is Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, and adjunct Professor of Philosophy, University of Hartford, Connecticut.