{"product_id":"women-spirituality-and-transformative-leadership-where-grace-meets-power-9781594735486","title":"Women, Spirituality and Transformative","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We invite you to come with curiosity into this living community of spiritual women, listening deeply as they share their personal stories of how their spiritual journeys have shaped and honed them as leaders.... We do not offer answers to all of the complex questions facing us as a human family, but we invite you to join us as we surrender to the mystery of being open, present and engaged together in these uncertain times.\" -from the Introduction  This empowering resource engages women in an interactive exploration of the challenges and opportunities on the frontier of women's spiritual leadership.  Through the voices of North American women representing a matrix of diversity - ethnically, spiritually, religiously, generationally and geographically - women will be inspired to new expressions of their own personal leadership and called into powerful collaborative action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Showcases [women's spiritual leadership’s] hallmarks: listening and collaboration. Use the provocative, creative suggestions as a practical guide for sharing the insights and extending the reach.\" —Mary Hunt, co-founder\/co-director, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER); coeditor, New Feminist Christianity: Many Voices, Many Views    “An essential tool, an exciting read and a gift on the journey toward a transformed future.” —Dirk Ficca, executive director, Council for the Parliament of the World’s Religions  “Full of wisdom and speaks the truth on difficult issues.... For people of all faiths—or no faith—it helps spark reflection on how true spirituality for our time can be re-shaped by empowering women.” —Rabbi Elyse Goldstein, editor, New Jewish Feminism: Probing the Past, Forging the Future  “Unique, timely and valuable.... Here is a testament to the power of the word, of women, and above all, of faith.” —Azza Karam, PhD, senior adviser, Culture, United Nations Population Fund  “A powerful plunge into the views, values and extraordinary endeavors by women on the leading edge of spirituality and leadership.” —Roshi Joan Halifax, founding abbot, Upaya Zen Center  “Thought and action provoking ... a resource for women of all walks of life who seek to use the wisdom and knowledge of women to create a culture of peace and well-being for all.” —Mary Wiberg, executive director, California Commission on the Status of Women  “A rallying cry for the twenty-first century, as it highlights the vision and activism of women bridging divides ... of faith, class, race and generation to bring real hope, healing and wholeness to our broken world. Women of deep faith and spiritual conviction everywhere owe it to themselves to read this compelling collection.” —The Rev. Dr. Katharine R. Henderson, president, Auburn Theological Seminary  “Many religious institutions still hold to explicit glass ceilings that keep women from formal leadership. This obscures women’s extraordinary spiritual roles, their potential to change what we mean by religion and spirituality, and what a spiritual lens can offer to the world’s leading problems. Exploring vital and complex themes like communication and leadership with freshly defined terms, the editors and contributors look to a world governed by new conceptions of power and success. The personal spiritual journeys of a diverse group of women offer glimpses of the types of transformations that women spiritual and religious leaders might bring to society.” —Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University; executive director, World Faiths Development Dialogue  “We all long for inspiration and guidance. With enormous sensitivity, Women, Spirituality, and Transformative Leadership gives us gems that are both joyous and poignant. Prepare to be uplifted and transformed!” —Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College  “Call[s] us as women to the urgent task of developing a deep spiritual identity, not for our own good but to better equip us to be agents of transformation in a deeply divided world. Rejoice as you read this inspiring book and ready yourself for transformation.” —The Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, Department of Religion, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York; author, Living into Hope: A Call to Spiritual Action for Such a Time as This  “This carefully crafted collection of women’s insights into leadership from a spiritual root goes a long way in connecting the concept of power with the concept of love. Such a linkage stimulates moral courage, encourages social justice and opens one to deeper, more authentic, spiritually grounded relationships.” —Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD, author, Faith \u0026amp; Feminism: A Holy Alliance; president, The Sister Fund  “An important book for this pivotal moment. Its collection of voices embody a non-denominational, invitational and inclusive approach to spirituality, while also addressing the nitty-gritty practicalities and challenges that leadership in this transformative time requires of us. It offers a systemic overview of a landscape we’d all be advised to visit, frequently—that of the intersection of diverse women (and men), reinventing leadership to address a pivotal moment of change in ourselves, our communities and the world, while staying connected to the mystery, or sacred, within and surrounding us all. It offers useful practices and perspectives for how we may cultivate ourselves to return to right relationship with ourselves, each other and the Earth.” —Nina Simons, co-founder\/co-CEO, Bioneers  “If human civilization is to not only survive but thrive, it will be because of women: radical, gutsy, revolutionary women; women who don’t simply become leaders, but who reinvent leadership; women who don’t simply become clergy, but who reinvent religion and spirituality. We don’t need women taking their place in a man’s world—we need women to topple that world and lead us to a new and better one. The wisdom in Women, Spirituality and Transformative Leadership points us in the direction of a new world with a new heart and a new mind. This book gives me hope.” —Rabbi Rami Shapiro, translator\/annotator, The Divine Feminine in Biblical Wisdom Literature: Selections Annotated and Explained\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Blessing and an Invitation  Ann Marie Sayers and Rachelle Figueroa xi   Introduction 1   Exploration I: How Do I Express Being an Empowered Woman of Spirit and Faith? 17  Becoming a Vessel of Peace  Lynda Terry 19  But I Thought You Knew the Way: Lessons in Leadership  Fredelle Brief 25  Living My Way into Answers  Courtney E. Martin 30  Seeing a World Where There Is No \"Other\"  Yoland Trevino 36  Faith in the Transitions of Not Knowing  Susan Quinn 40  Practicing Empowerment  Karen R. Boyett, MA 45  Living Our Leadership 50 Digging Deeper  God Our Father; God Our Mother: In Search of the Divine Feminine  Joan Chittister, OSB 60  Exploration II: How Do My Spiritual Values Inform Me about Living with the Challenges and Blessings of Diversity? 73  Buddhism, Women, and Religious Diversity  Karma Lekshe Tsomo 77  Faith's Challenges: The One We Seek  Jamia Wilson 82  Living My Values  Diane Tillman 88  Where Grace Meets Power  Reverend Lorenza Andrade Smith 94  Best Friends Forever  Jan Booman Saeed 99  God Said: We Have Created You from a Single (Pair) of a Female and Male  Shareda Hosein 104  Remembrance, Witness, and Action: Fuel for the Journey  The Right Reverend Mary Douglas Glasspool 109  Living Our Leadership 115 Digging Deeper  Leading from a Whirlwind: Faith and Courage in a Swiftly Changing World  Valarie Kaur 124  Exploration III: How Do We Stand for the Greatness of Each Other? 139  The Wind Is Blowing from the West and Has the Smell of the Sea  Adelia Sandoval 141  Mother-Lines of Body, Mind, and Spirit  Carol Lee Flinders, PhD 145  Birthing Awake the Dream  Alisa Starkweather 151  Kindness Empowers: A Mohawk Skywoman's Journey of Thanksgiving  Dawn T. Maracle, MEd, EdD (ABD) 156  In Order to Heal the World, We Have to Stand for Each Other's Greatness, but \"First,\" the Grandmothers Told Her, \"You Have to Heal the Wound between Women\"  China Galland 162  Living Our Leadership 168 Digging Deeper  Where Do We Go from Here?  Nontombi Naomi Tutu 174  Exploration IV: How Do We Catalyze Our Collective Transformational Power as Women of Spirit and Faith? 185  Living in God's Amazing Grace: The Power of Faith in Leadership  Musimbi Kanyoro, PhD 188  Creative Acts of Expression: Catalyzed in Circles  Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD 195  A Poetic Response: \"The Catalyst\"  Lisa Anderson 201  The Meta-Civics of Feminine Leadership  Dr. Barbara E. Fields 204  Thou Art Goddess: The Return of the Divine Feminine  Phyllis W. Curott, JD and HPs 211  Living Our Leadership 216 Reflecting on the Pattern 224  Written in My Bones  Kathe Schaaf 224  In Transition  Kay Lindahl 227  On Being Advocates, Activists, and Alchemists: Exploring Power on the Way Forward  Kathleen S. Hurty, PhD 230  Ever-Evolving Women of Spirit and Faith: Naming, Doing, and Be-ing Reverend Guo Cheen 234  Transformative Leadership  Kathe Schaaf, Kay Lindahl, Kathleen S. Hurty, PhD, Reverend Guo Cheen 237  Engaging with Women of Spirit and Faith 240  The Young Leaders Council of WSF 241  The Mentoring Project 241  Local WSF Circles 242  Parliament of the World's Religions 2014 242  WSF in Canada 242  Closing Blessing  Rachelle Figueroa 243  Resources and Networks 244  Circle and Dialogue Resources 244  Environment\/Ecology 245  Interfaith Organizations 246  Leadership and Partnership Organizations 248  Seminaries and Educational Organizations 249  Women's Organizations 250  Women’s Organizations, Faith Based 253  Jewish Women’s Organizations 257  Muslim Women’s Organizations 258  Young Leaders 258  Acknowledgments 259 Notes 261 Selected Bibliography 264","brand":"Jewish Lights Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359684362583,"sku":"9781594735486","price":13.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781594735486.jpg?v=1754125400","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-spirituality-and-transformative-leadership-where-grace-meets-power-9781594735486","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}