Summary Of Powerlessness And Poverty By Sheldrake

In the third part of the book, Sheldrake now focuses on how modern interaction with spiritual history can yield fruitfully. He submits firmly that one way is to read spiritual texts with an inclination that accepts the perspective of the historical characters and void of personal criticism (184). Sheldrake passion echoes audibly in the book as he points to the possibility of creating a consciousness that will not repeat the suppression of the weak in our contemporary Christian practice.

EVALUATION AND CONCLUSION
Sheldrake’s presentation of the “standpoint of powerlessness and poverty” is so conspicuous that it may have overshadowed and suggested him as an unenthusiastic interpreter of the elites of Christian traditions. The frame work of ideas and supportive illustrations would at one point paint a screaming picture of the
The main figures, ideas, images and historical periods demonstrate how and why spirituality has changed and developed over the centuries.
He does not fail to establish relationship Christian spirituality has with other belief systems throughout history, as well as to what extent these faith systems have influence Christian Spirituality. In doing this Sheldrake works around the interaction among the elements of culture, geography, and spirituality, leaning on a world view that by maps out spiritual progression across regions-- Asia, Africa, Latin America, even apocalyptic movements, Eastern Christianity. Sheldrake writes to fashion out morality as the unmistakeable virtue ought to necessarily drive Christians to undertake explorations that will lead to rediscovering lost historical accounts; that “the equality of all people and of their experience before God… is fundamental to the gospel and should therefore be the bedrock on which the Christian spiritual tradition rests”