| The Common Heart: An Experience of Interreligious Dialogue Contributor(s): Miles-Yépez, Netanel (Author) |
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ISBN: 159056099X ISBN-13: 9781590560990 Publisher: Lantern Publishing & Media OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2006 Annotation: Interviews on interreligious dialogue gathered from twenty years of Father Thomas Keating's "Snowmass Conference." Includes Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist and Indigenous perspectives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | Ecumenism & Interfaith - Religion | Monasticism |
| Dewey: 201.5 |
| LCCN: 2006009736 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.32" W x 8.34" (0.48 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For twenty years, a group of spiritual seekers from many religious traditions met in various places around the United States under the rubric of the Snowmass Conferences to engage in the deepest form of interreligious dialogue. The experience was intimate and trusting, transformative and inspiring. To encourage openness and honesty, no audio or visual recording was made of, and no articles were written about, the encounters. When these encounters came to an end, it was agreed that reflections on what had happened emotionally, spiritually, philosophically, and theologically during the Snowmass dialogues should be written down. The result is The Common Heart. Here is an extraordinary exploration of the wealth of the world's spiritual traditions combined with dialogue from the heart about the differences and similarities between their paths of wisdom. Participants include Fr. Thomas Keating, Roshi Bernie Glassman, Swami Atmarupananda, Dr. Ibrahim Gamard, Imam Bilal Hyde, Pema Chodron, Rabbi Henoch Dov Hoffman, and many others. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilber, Ken: - Ken Wilber is the author of over a dozen books, including The Spectrum of Consciousness, written when he was twenty-three years old. He is perhaps the most comprehensive philosophical thinker of our time and is credited with developing a unified field theory of consciousness. He is considered by many to be the most cogent and penetrating voice in the recent emergence of a uniquely American wisdom stream.Miles-Yepez, Netanel: - Netanel Miles-Yépez is a Mexican-American artist, comparative religion scholar and teacher of contemporary spirituality. After learning that he was descended from a Mexican family of crypto-Jews, Netanel decided to study History of Religions at Michigan State University and Contemplative Religion at the Naropa Institute, specializing in comparative religion, mystical spirituality, and non-dual philosophies. In 1998, he moved to Boulder, Colorado, to study with the innovative Hasidic master and leader in ecumenical dialogue, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, founder of the Jewish Renewal movement. In addition to Schachter-Shalomi, he also studied with various Sufi masters and teachers of Buddhism, and counts Father Thomas Keating, Trappist monk and founder of the Centering Prayer movement, as an important influence. After years of working as a professional editor, and as the director of a non-profit, Netanel started Albion-Andalus Books to publish serious, though less obviously marketable works often overlooked by larger publishers. Today, Netanel teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at Naropa University, and spends the rest of his time writing, painting and working on publishing projects. His paintings have been shown in a number of solo and group exhibits in Colorado, and as a writer, he is known for his critically acclaimed commentaries on Hasidic spirituality, A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters (2009) and A Hidden Light: Stories and Teachings of Early HaBaD and Bratzlav Hasidism (2011), as well the edited volumes, The Common Heart: An Experience of Interreligious Dialogue (2006) and the award winning Living Fully, Dying Well: Reflecting on Death to Find Your Life's Meaning (2009). |