Soul Food: Nourishing Essays on Contemplative Living and Leadership - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1640656340 ISBN 13: 9781640656345

Verlag: Church Publishing, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Shalem Institute, this collection of experiential and academic essays offers modern contemplative reflections from new and renowned voices in spiritual leadership.

Founded in 1973 by the Rev. Dr. Tilden H. Edwards, Jr., Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation offers retreats, workshops, and groups centered around contemplative spirituality. The culmination of half a century of charitable ministry, this commemorative anthology features essays written by Shalem graduates, as well as current and former board members and program directors. Its release will coincide with the Shalem Institute’s 50th anniversary.

Co-edited by Shalem graduate and board member Westina Matthews, Shalem’s Executive Director Margaret Benefiel, and Jackson Droney, Shalem’s Director of Operations and Online Learning, Soul Food takes an inclusive and contemporary approach to contemplative living and leadership. Designed in alignment with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives, this vital book spotlights authors of different ethnicities, faith backgrounds, and gender identities, while consistently centering the development of day-to-day practices designed to deepen engagement with the divine. With essays from notable contributors from Shalem's past and present, such as Tilden Edwards, the institute's founder and former director; Gay Byron, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Howard University; and Carl McColman, well-known Christian mystic and spiritual director, this collection looks to the future, set to serve as an invaluable resource in spiritual formation for the next 50 years, and beyond.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Westina Matthews is an author, professor, public speaker, and contemplative workshop/retreat leader who served for twelve years as an adjunct professor at General Theological Seminary in the Center for Christian Spirituality. She is the author of Dancing from the Inside Out, This Band of Sisterhood, and Soul Food. A graduate of Shalem Institute's Spiritual Guidance Program, she currently sits on the Shalem board. She lives in Savannah, Georgia.

MARGARET BENEFIEL, Executive Director of the Shalem Institute, has served as Chair of the Academy of Management's Management, Spirituality, and Religion Group, as Co-chair of the Christian Spirituality Program Unit of the American Academy of Religion, and in various leadership roles in Spiritual Directors International. Over 3,000 executives, managers, and other leaders have participated in her seminars and courses. She directs Shalem's Soul of Leadership program and has written extensively on various aspects of contemplative leadership and spirituality at work, including Crisis Leadership, The Soul of Higher Education, The Soul of Supervision, The Soul of a Leader, and Soul at Work. She lives with her husband in Greenbelt, Maryland.

JACKSON DRONEY is the Director of Operations and Online Learning at the Shalem Institute. He is a graduate of Shalem’s Personal Spiritual Deepening Program, Young Adult Life and Leadership Initiative, and Soul of Leadership program. At Shalem, Jackson also serves on the faculty of the Crossing the Threshold program and leads Shalem pilgrimages to Spain. He is an M.Div. student at Luther Seminary and is a candidate for pastoral ministry in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He lives in Washington, D.C.

ALTHEA BANDA-HANSMANN is the Founding Director of Transforming Moments Consulting, where she offers spiritual direction, coaching and organizational development services. She is part of Luther Seminary’s spiritual direction team in St. Paul, Minnesota where she offers online individual and group accompaniment. Althea is a graduate of Shalem’s Soul of Leadership Program. She lives in South Africa.

THE REV. WINSTON BREEDEN CHARLES is a spiritual director, teacher, and poet, who as an Episcopal priest served churches for thirty-five years. Through Shalem, he discovered the rich Wisdom tradition of contemplative spirituality and was for several years director of Shalem’s program for clergy, Going Deeper: Clergy Spiritual Life and Leadership.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Church Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1640656340
• ISBN 13: 9781640656345
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Herausgeber: Matthews Shatteen Westina, Benefiel Margaret, Droney Jackson
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