• Staying Put: Scott Russell Sanders tutors us in ways to be aroused by life with essays on hope, place, memory, imagination, and mystery.
  • God's Struggler: Darren Middleton and Peter Bien pay tribute to the ferociously imaginative Greek novelist, poet and philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis.
  • Crones Don't Whine: Jean Shinoda Bolen's enlightening and winning little volume calling all women in the third phase of life after menopause to become "a juicy older woman with zest, passions, and soul...."
  • Simple Grace: Malcolm Boyd, a "rebel priest" who was a Freedom Rider in the Civil Rights movement and a pioneer in experimenting with devotional services in coffeehouses and nightclubs, offers this sturdy little book about growing older.
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Robert Coles's collection of writings from Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) speaks of his spiritual legacy of living "as if the Lord were a neighbor and friend, a constant source of courage and inspiration..."
  • Oscar Romero: Marie Dennis, Penny Golden, and Scott Wright's tribute to the life and work of Oscar Romero, the Catholic priest who spoke to the truth to those in power and was killed for it in San Salvador in 1980, emphasizes his reverence for the dignity of the human person.
  • Confessions: Matthew Fox's lively spiritual memoir that includes the author's holistic approach to spirituality and his special practice of zeal.
  • Off the Map: Chellis Glendinning, a fervent social activist, writes an unusual blend of memoir, cultural criticism and Earth Advocacy.
  • How Can We Keep from Singing: Jean Oliver Goldsmith's paean to the joys, pleasures, and wonders of singing written by an amateur who truly comes alive when she participates in any choir.
  • Evelyn Underhill: Dana Greene's biography of spiritual explorer Evelyn Underhill, the English mystic, abounds with insights into this "artist of the infinite."
  • Light Upon Light: Andrew Harvey brings together poems, parables, and quotations that illustrate Rumi's zeal.
  • Risking Everything: Roger Housden gathers exalted and exulting selections by mystical poets.
  • Second Innocence: John Izzo challenges readers to live these two exuberant qualities at work, in relationships and in daily life.
  • Exuberance: Kay Redfield Jamison presents a lively and imaginative treatment of an elated state, a cousin to enthusiasm, happiness, and joy, that is rarely discussed in psychological literature.
  • To Life!: Harold Kushner has written a salutary primer on Judaism and the zeal for life it espouses.
  • Widening Circles: Joanna Macy's memoir reflects this eco-philosopher's unique synthesis of spirituality and social activism.
  • I Will Not Die an Unlived Life: Dawna Markova charts her interest in the spiritual practice of zeal, which she calls the choice to be living fully aware and passionately alive.
  • Play of Consciousness: Swami Muktananda's autobiography tells the spiritual journey of this Siddha Yoga guru and shares his "Shakti," or dynamic Divine energy awakening ecstasy of knowledge and the joy of divine love.
  • The Active Life: Parker J. Palmer's quest for what Joseph Campbell called "the rapture of being alive" includes exploration of a Taoist tale, a Hasidic Jewish story, Jesus' temptations in the desert, and a poem by Julia Esquivel.
  • Secrets of the Talking Jaguar: Martin Prechtel's spiritual memoir, written with lyrical passion, covers his initiation as a shaman and 13 years in a Mayan village in Guatemala.
  • Going the Distance: George Sheehan describes with great courage, candor, and wisdom "what dying means to a person undergoing it."
  • Here I Stand: John Shelby Spong presents an inclusive vision of Christianity in his hard-hitting and large-souled memoir.

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