Table of Contents
Foreword Andrew Harvey xv
Preface xix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 The Emergence of Second Wave Spirituality 37
Chapter 2 Brief Historical Overview of "First Wave" Spirituality 57
Chapter 3 Crossing the Threshold 63
Chapter 4 The Flowering of the Feminine in Theological and Spiritual Thinking 69
Chapter 5 The Great Convergence of Spiritual Development and Action for Peace and Justice 75
Chapter 6 The Six Crucial Ideas That Converged and Generated the Global Awakening of Second Wave Spirituality 79
Chapter 7 Fourteen Additional Characteristics Essential to Second Wave Spirituality 117
Chapter 8 A Response to the Escalating Global Crisis: Love-in-Action 153
Chapter 9 Implications of Second Wave Spirituality for the Individual 159
Chapter 10 Practical Suggestions for Spiritual Activism 167
Chapter 11 Summary and Concluding Remarks 175
Chapter 12 Engaged Spirituality and Sacred Activism: Writings and Quotations 189
Our Historic Epic Task 190
The Emergence of the Divine Feminine 197
The Creative Life Force 208
Inclusion and the Sacredness of Diversity 215
Compassion and Global Solidarity 226
The Heart 235
Opening of the Heart Is Essential for Our Spiritual Journey 235
Desire and Passion 240
Our Sacred Suffering 247
Sacred Wound and Sacred Grief 247
The Initiation of Suffering 252
Becoming a Universal Being 258
Our Great Spiritual Identity 263
Sacred Activism 268
Nonviolent Change 280
Peace, Social Justice, and Eco-Justice 284
Spiritual Revelation and Surrender 290
Works Cited 299
Bibliography 315
Permissions 319
Index 323
About the Author 337