Women, Spirituality and Transformative Leadership (Paperback)

A dynamic conversation on the power of women's spiritual leadership and its emerging patterns of transformation.

"We invite you to come with curiosity into this living community of spiritual women, listening deeply as they share their personal stories of how their spiritual journeys have shaped and honed them as leaders.... We do not offer answers to all of the complex questions facing us as a human family, but we invite you to join us as we surrender to the mystery of being open, present and engaged together in these uncertain times."
―from the Introduction

This empowering resource engages women in an interactive exploration of the challenges and opportunities on the frontier of women's spiritual leadership.

Through the voices of North American women representing a matrix of diversity―ethnically, spiritually, religiously, generationally and geographically―women will be inspired to new expressions of their own personal leadership and called into powerful collaborative action.

CONTRIBUTORS:
Lisa Anderson • Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD • Karen R. Boyett, MA • Fredelle Brief • Reverend Guo Cheen • Joan Chittister, OSB • Phyllis W. Curott, JD and HPs • Dr. Barbara E. Fields • Rachelle Figueroa • Carol Lee Flinders, PhD • China Galland • The Right Reverend Mary Douglas Glasspool • Shareda Hosein • Kathleen S. Hurty, PhD • Musimbi Kanyoro, PhD • Valarie Kaur • Kay Lindahl • Dawn T. Maracle, MEd, EdD (ABD) • Courtney E. Martin • Susan Quinn • Jan Booman Saeed • Adelia Sandoval • Ann Marie Sayers • Kathe Schaaf • Reverend Lorenza Andrade Smith • ALisa Starkweather • Lynda Terry • Diane Tillman • Yoland Trevino • Karma Lekshe Tsomo • Nontombi Naomi Tutu • Jamia Wilson

Kathe Schaaf is co-founder and past president of Gather the Women Global Matrix. She currently anchors many collaborative conversations connecting women and women's organizations internationally.

Kathe Schaaf is available to speak on the following topics:

• Now Is the Time: Women's Empowerment and Leadership
• Grassroots for the Greater Good: A Glimpse at Global Women’s Leadership in Action
• Making Local-Global Connections
• Collaborative Leadership: A New Paradigm
• Politics and Passions Colliding: Bridging the Divides
• The Divine Feminine
• Faith and Feminism for an Emerging Generation of Young Leaders

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Kay Lindahl, the founder of The Listening Center in Long Beach, California, is author of How Does God Listen?; Practicing the Sacred Art of Listening: A Guide to Enrich Your Relationships and Kindle Your Spiritual Life and The Sacred Art of Listening: Forty Reflections for Cultivating a Spiritual Practice. She is coeditor of Women, Spirituality and Transformative Leadership: Where Grace Meets Power (all SkyLight Paths).

Kay Lindahl is available to speak on the following topics:

• The Sacred Art of Listening
• The Power of Listening
• The Transforming Nature of Listening
• The Lost Art of Listening
• Is Anybody Listening?
• The Importance of Listening for Health Care Professionals

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Kathleen S. Hurty, PhD, a teaching fellow in leadership studies at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, is a consultant for the Council for the Parliament of the World's Religions, an educator and a public speaker.

Kathleen Hurty is available to speak on the following topics:

• The Alchemy of Power and Grace
• New Models of Leadership in Religious Contexts
• Re-imagining Mary as an Ecumenical Symbol
• Peace and the Power of Interreligious Understanding

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Reverend Guo Cheen, an ordained Buddhist nun and active in interfaith dialogue, is founder of the Compassion Network. All four are ambassadors for the Council for the Parliament of the World's Religions.