NEW CONSCIOUSNESS, NEW LIFE: A REFLECTION FROM THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
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Keywords:
CONSCIOUSNESS, LIFE, REFLECTION, CHRISTIAN, COMMUNITYAbstract
Christians have recently been undergoing a transformation of consciousness. At least this is true of many Christians. Such a transformation of consciousness is not simply intellectual, an adopting of new ideas. It is something far more radical, a new relationship to others and hence a new relationship to self. Theologically, this transformation might be described in many ways: as a new attitude towards salvation; as a new attitude towards God, the source of salvation; as a new attitude to the Christ and the Church, the personal and communal lines of mediation of God's saving presence on behalf of the human. T
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