Section 1: Influential Writers and Thinkers 1. Influential Writers and Thinkers: A Retrospective Reconsideration and a Contemporary Contextualisation Clive Erricker 2. Mysticism and Contemporary Society: Some Teilhardian Reflections Ursula King (University of Bristol) 3. Bede Griffiths and the One Universal Reality Shirley du Boulay (Professional Writer) 4. Thomas Merton: Monk for the Contemporary World Danny Sullivan (Anglican Diocese of Oxford) 5. Jiddu Krishnamurti and the Open Secret Clive Erricker 6. The Dalai Lama: Dimensions of Spirituality Geshe Thupten Jinpa (Institute of Tibetan Classics, Montreal) 7. Carole Christ's Narrative Theology Ruth Mantin (University College Chichester) Section 2: Faith Communities 8. Faith Communities: Spiritual Diversity, Hope and Tension in the Modern World Clive Erricker 9. In the Realm of the Deathless: The Buddhist Forest Retreat Order Clive Erricker 10. A Society in Transition: ISKCON's Spiritual Path Anna King (King Alfred's College, Winchester) 11. The Amish: Case Study of a Religious Community Richard Stevick (Messiah College, Pennsylvania) 12. 'Until the Power of the Lord Comes Down': African American Pentecostal Spirituality and Tarrying David D Daniels III (McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago) 13. Taize: A Global and Postcolonial Theology of Community Liam Gearon (University of Surrey) 14. The Diaspora of the Khoja Shi'a Ithnasheeries Clive Erricker 15. Street Spirituality: A Narrative Case Study of a Street Community Jane Erricker
Clive Erricker is Reader in the Study of Religions, University College Chichester, UK. Jane Erricker is lecturer at King Alfred's University College, Winchester.
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