The Love That Does Justice." Truth Be Told, Most of Us Experience Being Both of These Kinds of People at Vari Ous Times
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SECTION ONE PERSPECTIVES !=ROM SPIRITUAL ACTIVISTS I Pastor Otis Moss, Jr. 2 Rev. Samuel E. Mann 3 Thomas F. Beech 4 Judy S. Rodgers 5 Esmeralda Simmons, Esq. 6 Sue Hutchinson 7 Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams 8 Claudia Horwitz 9 Jay Early IO Simon Greer 11 Jess Maceo Vega-Frey 12 Sharon Salzberg 13 Lisa Russ 14 Andre Carothers 15 Betty Rogers 16 Mirabai Bush 17 Kenneth Bailey 18 Diane Biray Gregoria 19 Mark C. Johnson, Ph.D. 20 Will Keepin, PH.D. SECTION Two PERSPECTIVES !=ROM RESEARCMERS 21 James Youniss, Ph.D. 22 Paul Wink, Ph.D. 23 Lynn G. Underwood, Ph.D. 24 Don S. Browning, Ph.D. 25 Ralph Hood, Ph.D. 26 Giacomo Bono, Ph.D. 27 Thomas Jay Oord Ph.D. 28 Valentino Lassiter, Ph.D. 29 30 31 Donald Miller, Ph.D. David L. Cooperrider, Ph.D. 32 Michael A. Edwards Ph.D. 33 Atwood Gaines, Ph.D. 34 35 Julie Juola Exline, Ph.D. 36 Byron R. Johnson, Ph.D. 37 Solomon Katz, Ph.D. 38 Samuel P. Oliner, Ph.D. Margaret M. Poloma, Ph.D. 39 Adam B. Seligman, Ph.D. 40 41 Judith Smetana, Ph.D. Paul Lauritzen, Ph.D. Ramez lslambouli INTRODUCTION For thinkers and activists across a wide range of contexts and historical experi ences, Lmconditional love, spiritual experience, and the rigorous pursuit of justice in the world constitute a powerfulpath to social transformation, but only when they are strongly linked together. "Spiritual activists" draw on spiritual worldviews and practices to sus tain an inner equilibrium of compassion and well-being while continually-engaged at the hard edges of social change (Horwitz, 2002).
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