Spirituality & Health Reviews Database

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, media and web editors for Spirituality & Health, explain their approach to resources covered in the Reviews Database:

We are drawn primarily to resources that are expressive of the quest for meaning and purpose, wholeness and healing, commitment and community, mysticism and social activism. We are open to works representing all the world's religions and a wide variety of spiritual traditions.

We practice hospitality, empathy, and enthusiasm as pathways to discovering a world indwelt by grace and holiness. We are decidedly positive in our reviews. All the resources in our database are recommended for those living a spiritual life.

The database now covers more than 6,000 resources from the past five years, and more reviews from the Brussats' three decades of reviewing are being added all the time. Included are reviews previously published in Cultural Information Service and Values & Visions. This includes:

• 3200 Book Reviews
• 2800 Film Reviews

What makes this database especially useful is that you can discover new resources by doing a search on themes and spiritual practices that interest you."

In the Reviews Database you can search by:

• TYPE: books, movies, television, audio

• PRACTICE: Contains 37 spiritual practices, including being present, compassion, hope, openness, peace, transformation and unity.

• THEME: Contains 130 subjects/themes such as addiction, angels, children, conscience, Eastern Orthodox, esoteric, food, God, humor, Islam, miracles, nonviolence, pilgrimage, prayer, science, time, war, writing, and Zen.

In addition to the Reviews Database, they also have annual lists (from 1997 on) of the year’s best spiritual books and movies.

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