Walking M. Scott Peck's Less-Traveled Road
“In [The Road Not Traveled], Peck clearly sees himself among a tiny and elect group of saints who, by participating in God's omniscience, also ‘share His agony,’ and who walk ahead, utterly alone…. This is a curiously elitist view of mystical development, and it is sharply at odds with his unde...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1991
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Theology today
Year: 1991, Volume: 48, Issue: 3, Pages: 279-289 |
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| Summary: | “In [The Road Not Traveled], Peck clearly sees himself among a tiny and elect group of saints who, by participating in God's omniscience, also ‘share His agony,’ and who walk ahead, utterly alone…. This is a curiously elitist view of mystical development, and it is sharply at odds with his understanding of community in [The Different Drum]. He has apparently learned, in the intervening years, that spiritual development means not isolation, but the capacity for community.” |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057369104800303 |