Spiritual Leaders Who Changed the World: The Essential Handbook to the Past Century of Religion
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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Book details
- Author
- Ira Rifkin
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion
- Topics
- religious history · 20th century religion · biographical profiles · world religions · religious biography
- ISBN-13
- 9781594732416 (Paperback)9781683363125 (Hardcover)
About the author
IRA RIFKIN is a journalist, author, and media consultant specializing in religion and culture, with a focus on globalization, the Middle East, interfaith dialogue, and Eastern religions. He is the author of Spiritual Perspectives on Globalization: Making Sense of Economic and Cultural Upheaval and the editor of Spiritual Leaders Who Changed the World: The Essential Handbook to the Past Century of Religion.
Rifkin has served as a national correspondent for Religion News Service and as news director for Beliefnet.com, and has contributed to the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Baltimore Sun. He has taught journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park; American University; and the State University of New York at New Paltz.
Ira lives in Maryland.