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Reverence is an ingredient in what he terms a peak experience, which is crucial to having a fulfilling life. Maslow states that "wonder, awe, reverence, humility, surrender, and even worship before the greatness of the experience are often reported" in peak experiences. [6]: 65 Religion is a possible, but not a necessary context for this ...
In Japanese Ko-Shintō, due to the blessings obtained from water sources, hunting grounds, mines, forests, and awe and reverence for the majestic appearance of volcanos and mountains, these geographic feature are believed to be where the God resides or descends, and are sometimes called Iwakura or Iwasaka, the edge of the everlasting world (the land of the gods or divine realm).
Rue in his writings and teaching has been a proponent of religious naturalism and environmentalism: . Religious naturalists will then be known for their reverence and awe before Nature, their love for Nature and natural forms, their sympathy for all living things, their guilt for enlarging ecological footprints, their pride in reducing them, their sense of gratitude directed toward the matrix ...
Eusebeia (Greek: εὐσέβεια from εὐσεβής "pious" from εὖ eu meaning "well", and σέβας sebas meaning "reverence", itself formed from seb-meaning sacred awe and reverence especially in actions) is a Greek word abundantly used in Greek philosophy as well as in Greek translations of texts of Indian religions and the Greek New Testament, meaning to perform the actions ...
Ma Tovu (Hebrew for "O How Good" or "How Goodly") is a prayer in Judaism, expressing reverence and awe for synagogues and other places of worship.. The prayer begins with Numbers 24:5, where Balaam, sent to curse the Israelites, is instead overcome with awe at God and the Israelites' houses of worship.
Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; [1] is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a "sacred artifact" that is venerated and blessed), or places ("sacred ground").
Adoration is respect, reverence, strong admiration, and love for a certain person, place, or thing. [1] The term comes from the Latin adōrātiō , meaning "to give homage or worship to someone or something".
With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship (with D. G. Hart), 2002 ISBN 0-87552-179-7; Creator, Redeemer, Consummator: A Festschrift for Meredith G. Kline (edited with Howard Griffith), 2007 ISBN 1-55635-552-1; Seeking a Better Country: 300 Years of American Presbyterianism (with D. G. Hart), 2007 ISBN 0-87552-574-1