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The accomplishment of the many tasks I have alluded to requires the continuous strengthening of the spiritual, intellectual, and economic sinews of American life.
* 1931 – Baba Ram Dass, American Hindu spiritual teacher
These " conversations " as he called them, were more or less informal talks on a great range of topics, spiritual, aesthetic and practical, in which he emphasized the ideas of the school of American Transcendentalists led by Emerson, who was always his supporter and discreet admirer.
It has had particular influence in folk music, and has become an emblematic African American spiritual.
According to the Dictionary of American Hymnology, " Amazing Grace " is John Newton's spiritual autobiography in verse.
Despite his Roman Catholic post, Garvin described his spiritual position as " pandeism ' or ' pan-en-deism ,' something very close to the Native American concept of the all-pervading Great Spirit ..."
" Go Down Moses " is an American Negro spiritual.
Category: American spiritual writers
Whether for spiritual reasons or for material ones, substantial numbers of Native American, Africans, Hindus, Buddhists, and Confucians accepted the Gospels.
In the 1950s, " a spiritual and cultural revival washed over American Jewry " in response to the trauma of the Holocaust.
Category: American spiritual writers
" Medicine man " or " medicine woman " are English terms used to describe traditional healers and spiritual leaders among Native American and other indigenous or aboriginal peoples.
The eagle feather law ( Title 50 Part 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations ) stipulates that only individuals of certifiable Native American ancestry enrolled in a federally recognized tribe are legally authorized to obtain eagle feathers for religious or spiritual use.
Another early usage of the term, was by the American artist, mystic, and philosopher Walter Russell, who spoke of "... this New Age philosophy of the spiritual re-awakening of man ... Man's purpose in this New Age is to acquire more and more knowledge ..." in his essay " Power Through Knowledge ," which was also published in 1944.
" As a result of the large-scale activities surrounding the Harmonic Convergence in 1987, the American mass-media further popularised the term as a label for the alternative spiritual subculture, including practices such as meditation, channeling, crystal healing, astral projection, psychic experience, holistic health, simple living, and environmentalism ; or belief in phenomena such as Earth mysteries, ancient astronauts, extraterrestrial life, unidentified flying objects, crop circles, and reincarnation.
These four world views are the Postmodern-ironist, which sees truth as socially constructed ; the scientific-rational, in which truth is found through methodical, disciplined inquiry ; the social-traditional, in which truth is found in the heritage of American and Western civilization ; and the neo-romantic, in which truth is found through attaining harmony with nature and / or spiritual exploration of the inner self.
Category: American spiritual writers
As a boy, he often rebelled against his Native American upbringing in his father Kolopak's unnamed tribe, with its sometimes strict spiritual and cultural traditions.
The party further opposes pornography, believing it to be, at worst, " a destructive element of society resulting in significant and real emotional, physical, spiritual and financial costs to individuals, families and communities ," distinguishable from the American citizen's " cherished First Amendment right to free speech.
* November 7 – Billy Graham, American evangelist, spiritual adviser to several U. S. Presidents
* January 8 – Arthur Ford, American psychic spiritual medium, clairaudient ( d. 1971 )
* January 4 – Arthur Ford, American psychic spiritual medium, clairaudient ( b. 1896 )
Part memoir and part spiritual quest, Walden at first won few admirers, but later critics have regarded it as a classic American work that explores natural simplicity, harmony, and beauty as models for just social and cultural conditions.
Category: American spiritual writers
However, many consider the term " entheogen " best reserved for religious and spiritual usage, such as certain Native American churches do with the peyote sacrament, and " psychedelic " left to describe those who are using these drugs for recreation, psychotherapy, physical healing, or creative problem solving.

American and writer
And a witty American journalist remarked over a century ago what is even more true today, `` Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning ''.
* Kate Austin ( 1864 – 1902 ), American writer, feminist and anarchist
* Mary Hunter Austin ( 1868 – 1934 ), American writer
* Phil Austin ( born 1941 ), American comedian and writer
Abdul Alhazred is a fictional character created by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
* 1892 – Lowell Thomas, American writer ( d. 1981 )
* 1950 – Cleo Odzer, American writer
* 1983 – Dash Shaw, American writer and artist
* 1916 – Beverly Cleary, American writer
* 1949 – Scott Turow, American writer
* 1973 – J. Scott Campbell, American writer and illustrator
* 1945 – Annie Dillard, American writer
* 1874 – Charles Fort, American writer ( d. 1932 )
* 1883 – Scott Nearing, American writer and educator ( d. 1983 )
* 1968 – McG, American director, writer, and producer
* 1981 – C. C. Swiney, American actor, writer, and director
* 1983 – Elisha Yaffe, American actor, writer, and producer
* 1907 – Mary Hamman, American writer ( d. 1984 )
* 1924 – James Baldwin, American writer ( d. 1987 )
* 1819 – Herman Melville, American writer ( d. 1891 )
* 1904 – Clifford D. Simak, American writer ( d. 1988 )
* 1964 – Flannery O ' Connor, American writer ( b. 1925 )
* 1995 – Edward Whittemore, American writer ( b. 1933 )
* 1942 – Garrison Keillor, American writer and radio host
* 1964 – Anastasia M. Ashman, American writer

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