Young spiritual leaders are beginning to

remove the reasons why
so many of us have kept religion at

arm’s length.

Spiritual sagacity does not belong only to

seniors like Mother Teresa and Dorothy Day, Martin Buber and

Abraham Joshua Heschel, the veteran Desmond Tutu and the aging

Dalai Lama. Let’s hear from a generation that is marked by new

experiences.
-from the Preface by Martin E. Marty

By transforming our faith traditions in

light of today’s increasing diversity, the search for

community, the Internet and our changing lifestyles, these

young, visionary spiritual leaders are helping to create the

new spirituality.

Ten contributors, most in their

mid-thirties, span the spectrum of religious

traditions-Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Unitarian,

Buddhist-and offer their visions, bold

spiritual manifestos, for transforming our faith communities

and our lives.

Hear how one Catholic priest proclaims

all religion and spirituality ought to be zesty,

passionate, rich and deep ; how one rabbi serves a

congregation on the web for Microsoft and rides in

squad cars on drug busts in New York City; how a self-described

Zen priest is serving an Episcopal church in

Alaska; and how a talented young woman lives her wild and

precious life changing the world as a nun.

These stories, and others, will challenge your assumptions about what religion is-and isn’t.