Spiritual Manifestos

Spiritual Manifestos
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Spiritual Manifestos: Visions for Renewed Religious Life in America from Young Spiritual Leaders of Many Faiths

Description of Spiritual Manifestos:

Young spiritual leaders are beginning to remove the reasons why so many of us have kept religion at arm's length. By transforming our faith traditions in light of today's increasing diversity, the search for community, the Internet and our changing lifestyles, these young, visionary spiritual leaders are helping to create the new spirituality. Ten contributors, most in their mid-thirties, span the spectrum of religious traditions--Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Unitarian, Buddhist--and offer their "visions," bold Spiritual Manifestos, for transforming our faith communities and our lives. Hear how one Catholic priest proclaims "all religion and spirituality ought to be zesty, passionate, rich and deep"; how one rabbi serves a "congregation" on the web for Microsoft and rides in squad cars on drug busts in NewYork City; how a self-described "Zen priest" is serving an Episcopal church in Alaska; and how a talented young woman lives her "wild and precious life" changing the world as a nun. These stories, and others, will challenge our assumptions about what religion is--and isn't.

Information on Spiritual Manifestos from the publisher:

Find your way back to religion-the beauty and tradition that supports a spirtual life. Young spirtual leaders are beginning to remove the reasons why so many of us have kept religion at arms' length. 10 contributors spanning the spectrum of religous traditions-Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Buddhist-offer their "visions," bold spirtual manifestos, for transforming our spirtual communities and our lives.

About Niles Elliot Goldstein:

Niles Elliot Goldstein is the founding rabbi of The New Shul in Greenwich Village, New York, an innovative and independent Jewish community. He is the author or editor of six books, most recently GOD AT THE EDGE and LOST SOULS: FINDING HOPE IN THE HEART OF DARKNESS (Fall 2002). He has written for Newsweek and many other publications, and has been featured in The New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, The New York Observer, and Glamour, as well as on television and radio. He was the voice behind "Ask the Rabbi" on the Microsoft Network and is the National Jewish Chaplain for the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association.

Description of Niles Elliot Goldstein, author of Spiritual Manifestos:

Young spiritual leaders are beginning to remove the reasons why so many of us have kept religion at arms's length. By transforming our faith traditions in light of today's increasing diversity, the search for community, the Internet, and our changing lifestyles, these young visionary, spiritual leaders are helping to create the new spirituality.