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A century ago the German Protestant theologian Adolf Harnack set about on a quest to discover the "kernel" of religion beneath the "husk."  His theory was that beneath the visible trappings of religion, or the "husk," there must surely lie a single principle; simple, solid and unchanging--the "kernel."  Other theologians of the time followed suit, each presenting his own idea of what must surely constitute this "kernel" of religion.  While these attempts to describe the simple essence of religion took place squarely in the context of "early modern" Christian theology, nevertheless, they were very universal in their thinking insofar as they held in common the idea that all religions in fact share the same kernel, or essence.  It was therefore an ecumenical movement of sorts.  What I now offer here is presented in the spirit of that same quest.  I should also clarify at this point that my thesis is not about religion in the institutional sense, but about the origins of religion in the primal and universal stirrings of the human heart.

A century ago the German Protestant theologian Adolf Harnack set about on a quest to discover the "kernel" of religion beneath the "husk."  His theory was that beneath the visible trappings of religion, or the "husk," there must surely lie a single principle; simple, solid and unchanging--the "kernel."  Other theologians of the time followed suit, each presenting his own idea of what must surely constitute this "kernel" of religion.  While these attempts to describe the simple essence of religion took place squarely in the context of "early modern" Christian theology, nevertheless, they were very universal in their thinking insofar as they held in common the idea that all religions in fact share the same kernel, or essence.  It was therefore an ecumenical movement of sorts.  What I now offer here is presented in the spirit of that same quest.  I should also clarify at this point that my thesis is not about religion in the institutional sense, but about the origins of religion in the primal and universal stirrings of the human heart.

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For a detailed discussion of consciousness growth as spirituality see my [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Ken_Wilber_on_Spiritual_Growth:_A_Christian_Perspective other article]) on Ken Wilber & Spiritual Growth.

For a detailed discussion of consciousness growth as spirituality see [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Ken_Wilber_on_Spiritual_Growth:_A_Christian_Perspective Ken Wilber on Spiritual Growth]

--[[User:Davidc|Davidc]] 13:27, 6 April 2009 (EDT)

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[[User:Davidc|Davidc]] 13:27, 6 April 2009 (EDT)

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