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Purpose Driven Life - one of the major avenues through which contemplative spirituality is entering the church.

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The Emerging Church — emerging, but not with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Christian Seminaries & Colleges— leading our future pastors and Christian leaders into contemplative spirituality

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Christian Publishers —succumbing to the temptation to publish books promoting contemplative and emerging spirituality

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The Spiritual Formation Movement —another way of saying contemplative spirituality

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Mystical Rituals —labyrinths, contemplative prayer, lectio divina, breath prayer, yoga, Taize and other rituals