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Book SynopsisThe 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
Trade Review"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)
Table of ContentsIntroduction ix Rev. John R. Mabry, PhD Native Traditions As Spirit Walks among Us: Insights into theSpiritual Culture of the African Diaspora 3 Chief Luisah Teish Spiritual Guidance in Native American Religion 16 Fr. Scott McCarthy, DMin Spiritual Guidance in Shinto: The Way of the Kami 35 Rev. Ann Llewellyn Evans Spiritual Guidance in the Neo-Pagan Traditions 50 James Michael Reeder, LCPC, CPRP Religions Originating in China Spiritual Guidance in the Confucian Tradition 73 Joshua Snyder Spiritual Guidance in Daoism 83 He Feng Dao Shi Religions Originating in India Spiritual Guidance in the Hindu Tradition 99 Måns Broo, PhD The Buddha, Theravada Tradition, and Spiritual Guidance 109 Christopher Titmuss Spiritual Guidance in Mahayana Buddhism Zen (Chan/Son), Pure Land, Nichiren, and Vajrayana 129 Rev. Daijaku Judith Kinst, PhD, and Richard K. Payne, PhD Guiding Jains, People of a Democratic Religion 146 Bharat S. Shah, MD Spiritual Guidance in the Sikh Tradition 164 Siri Kirpal Kaur Khalsa Religions Originating in the Middle East Spiritual Guidance in the Zoroastrian Religion 183 Ervad Soli P. Dastur Spiritual Guidance in the Jewish Community 201 Karen L. Erlichman, MSS, LCSW, with Dan Mendelsohn Aviv, PhD Muslims and Spiritual Guidance 218 Ozgur Koca Spiritual Guidance in the Bahá'í Faith 231 Wendi Momen, PhD, and Moojan Momen, MB, BChir Christian Denominations Spiritual Guidance in Eastern Orthodox Christianity 247 Very Rev. John A. Jillions, PhD Spiritual Direction in the Roman Catholic Tradition 262 Bruce Lescher, PhD Spiritual Guidance and the Reformed Tradition 275 Rev. N. Graham Standish, PhD, MSW Spiritual Guidance in the Evangelical Christian Tradition 289 Susan S. Phillips, PhD Spiritual Guidance in Mormonism (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) 303 Robert A. Rees, PhD Interfaıth, Humanıst, And Eclectıc Tradıtıons Spiritual Guidance in Unitarian Universalism 329 Rev. Cathleen Cox, MAT, MDiv Guiding Humanists 342 Jonathan Figdor, MDiv Spiritual Guidance in New Thought—the American Metaphysics 361 Rev. Dr. Jim Lockard Spiritual Guidance for Spiritual Eclectics 376 Rev. John R. Mabry, PhD
