Spiritual Leaders Who Changed the World
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Spiritual Leaders Who Changed the World

The Essential Handbook to the Past Century of Religion

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Spiritual Leaders Who Changed the World

The Essential Handbook to the Past Century of Religion

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Who Were the Most Innovative Spiritual Leaders of the Past Century?

Fascinating profiles of the most important spiritual leaders of the past one hundred years. An invaluable reference of twentieth-century religion and an inspiring resource for spiritual challenge today.

Black Elk, H. H. the Dalai Lama, Mary Baker Eddy, Abraham Joshua Heschel, J. Krishnamurti, C. S. Lewis, Thomas Merton, Elijah Muhammad, Meher Baba, Joseph Campbell, Simone Weil, Pope John XXIII, Shunryu Suzuki, Aimee Semple McPherson, Billy Graham, Dorothy Day, Thich Nhat Hanh, Martin Luther King, Jr. … these are just some of the spiritual leaders who have changed our world.

The result of a nationwide survey of experts in leading universities and seminaries, as well as leading representatives of dozens of religious traditions and spiritual persuasions, this authoritative list of seventy-five includes martyrs and mystics, intellectuals and charismatics from East and West. Their lives and wisdom are now easily accessible in this inspiring volume.

A celebration of the human spirit, ideal for both seekers and believers, the curious and the passionate, thinkers and doers, this book is an authoritative guide to the most creative spiritual ideas and actions of the past century—a challenge for us today.

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Publisher
SkyLight Paths
Year
2012
ISBN
9781594734984
Edition
1
Topic
Théologie et religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword by Dr. Robert Coles
  5. A Note from the Editors
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction by Ira Rifkin
  8. 1. THEY SHOOK THINGS UP
  9. 2. THEY BORE WITNESS WITH THEIR LIVES
  10. 3. THEIR PRESENCE CHANGED THE WORLD
  11. 4. THEY MADE INTELLECT A SPIRITUAL FORCE
  12. 5. THEY CHANGED THE WORLD BY WRITING
  13. 6. THEY SHOWED US LOVE IN ACTION
  14. 7. THEY BROUGHT THE TRADITIONS TOGETHER
  15. 8. THEY SPOKE FROM THE POWER OF SILENCE
  16. About the Photographs
  17. About the Contributors
  18. Index
  19. About the Editors
  20. Copyright
  21. Also Available
  22. About SkyLight Paths