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Bayo Akomolafe

5 courses
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Sophie Strand

3 courses
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Satish Kumar

1 courses
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Vandana Shiva

6 courses
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Veronica Strang

1 courses
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Manda Scott

2 courses
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Beloved Sara Zaltash

1 courses
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David Abram

2 courses
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Dr Andreas Weber

5 courses
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David Whyte

1 courses
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Helena Norberg-Hodge

2 courses
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Dr. Predrag Slijepcevic

1 courses
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Charles Eisenstein

3 courses
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Aisha Paris Smith

2 courses
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Brontë Velez

3 courses

Gabes Torres

Gabes is an essayist, organiser, and psychotherapist. She completed a Bachelor’s in Historical Theology & Philosophy and a Master’s in Theology and Culture.

Gabes is an essayist, organiser, and psychotherapist. She completed a Bachelor’s in Historical Theology & Philosophy and a Master’s in Theology and Culture. She pursued this field because of her fascination with the growth of the Western church and missionary movements, especially in light of Christian hegemony and colonisation in the Philippines.

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Contemporary Spirituality

Explore the foundations of meaning and belief in the modern world, connections between the sacred and profane, and topics including altered states, eco-spirituality, and sacred activism. You will learn how to navigate through these confused times with a greater understanding of spirituality and its place within our intersecting ecosystems of meaning.

Colonialism’s parasitic relationship with spirituality with Gabes Torres Picture

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Colonialism’s parasitic relationship with spirituality with Gabes Torres

What is the relationship between colonialism and spirituality? How do colonisers weaponise spirituality to further colonise the 'Global South', or colonised peoples? Unpacking 'manifest destiny', the psyche of colonialism, and weaving it together with the vulnerability which we are exposed by when minding matters of the spirit, Gabes Torres tells us that colonialism has a parasitic relationship with spirituality.