The groundbreaking professional resource for providing spiritual guidance to people from faith traditions other than your own.
This comprehensive resource offers valuable information for providing spiritual guidance to people from a wide variety of faith traditions. Covering the world's faith traditions as well as interfaith, blended and independent approaches to spirituality, each chapter is written by a spiritual guidance professional from that tradition or who works extensively with people from that tradition. Each chapter provides:
- An overview of the tradition, including basic beliefs
- Methods for spiritual guidance honored in that tradition
- Common spiritual problems encountered by people of that tradition
- Tips, techniques and practices
- Helpful resources for further learning
CONTRIBUTORS:
Dan Mendelson Aviv, PhD ? Måns Broo, PhD ? Rev. Cathleen Cox, MAT, MDiv ? Ervad Soli P. Dastur ? Karen L. Erlichman, MSS, LCSW ? Jonathan Figdor, MDiv ? Rev. John A. Jillions, PhD ? Siri Kirpal Kaur Khalsa ? Rev. Daijaku Judith Kinst, PhD ? Ozgur Koca ? Bruce Lescher, PhD ? Rev. Ann Llewellyn Evans ? Rev. Dr. Jim Lockard ? Rev. John R. Mabry, PhD ? Fr. Scott McCarthy, DMin ? Moojan Momen, MB, BChir ? Wendi Momen, PhD ? Richard K. Payne, PhD ? Susan S. Phillips, PhD ? James Michael Reeder, LCPC, CPRP ? Robert A. Rees, PhD ? Bharat S. Shah, MD ? He Feng Dao Shi ? Joshua Snyder ? Rev. N. Graham Standish, PhD, MSW ? Chief Luisah Teish ? Christopher Titmuss
Religions Covered
By Estimated U.S. Population
Evangelical ? Christianity ? Roman Catholicism ? Mormonism ? Judaism ? Reformed Christianity ? Eastern Orthodox ? Christianity ? Islam ? Buddhism ? Hinduism ? Spiritual Eclecticism ? Unitarian Universalism ? Neo-Paganism ? Bahá'í Faith ? Sikhism ? Shinto ? Humanism ? New Thought ? Zoroastrianism ? Native American Religion ? African Diaspora Spirituality ? Daoism ? Jainism ? Confucianism
A unique approach to understanding the faith traditions of the world and enriching your spiritual counsel. This comprehensive professional resource approaches a wide array of faith traditions from a perspective that blends theology, history and an understanding of the common spiritual practices in each faith.
"Wonderful.... Opens the door to many historic and traditional paths.... Recommend[ed] to everyone I know in ministry and in spiritual counseling and direction."
-Rev. Tim Miner, OUnI, executive director, Council of Interfaith Communities of the United States
"Why did no one ever do this before? This is an excellent, trustworthy and needed resource for spiritual directors today!"
-Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation
"The first-possibly only-book of its kind! [A] remarkable ... resource [for] spiritual guides who aspire to serve ... in ever-more aware and relevant ways."
-Rev. Lauren Van Ham, interfaith spiritual director and dean, Chaplaincy Institute
"The contemporary spiritual guide would do well to have this dynamic book as part of their collection and as on-going education in the field."
-Anne Huffman, PhD, director, MA in Spiritual Guidance, Sofia University
"Finally, the go-to textbook that chaplains and spiritual directors ... deserve.... Goes deeper than the traditional who-what-why-when-where approach to world religions by focusing on spiritual care and healing.... It's full of gold."
-Paul Chaffee, editor, The Interfaith Observer (TIO)
