Radical Wisdom

Lanzetta illuminates the transformative potential of the classical tradition of women mystics, especially in light of contemporary violence against women around the world. Focusing on the contemplative process as women's journey from oppression to liberation, Lanzetta draws especially on the mysticism of Julian of Norwich and Teresa of Avila. She lays out the contemplative techniques used by mystics to achieve their highest spiritual potential and also investigates how unjust social and political conditions afflict women's souls. Lanzetta identifies a specific historical female mystical path (the via feminina) and draws contemporary conclusions for how women might understand their bodies, their rights, and their ethics.

At the crux of leadership is wisdom. Mature guys have it, less mature guys want it. Spiritual maturity, relational wisdom, personal discipline, and leadership potential. Wisdom helps us help ourselves and help others. Some say wisdom comes from experience. That's only partially true; it comes from examined experience. Radical Wisdom isn't your normal devotional book. It's a daily journey toward wisdom and insight from someone who's already been where you're going. The daily readings in Radical Wisdom not only provide you with practical wisdom and principles but guide you as you examine your life experience and develop your own wisdom. Regi Campbell is an experienced author, businessman, and mentor. Andy Stanley says, "I often find myself asking 'What would Regi do?'" John Maxwell has called him "a master mentor." A lot of what makes a mentor invaluable is that he makes his experience and wisdom available to his mentees. Regi has been sharing his experience and wisdom with his mentoring groups for years; now it's available to you too. Whether you're leading a large organization, a family of five, or simply leading yourself, you will become a better leader through Radical Wisdom. One day at a time.

At the crux of leadership is wisdom. Mature guys have it, less mature guys want it. Spiritual maturity, relational wisdom, personal discipline, and leadership potential. Wisdom helps us help ourselves and help others. Some say wisdom comes from experience. That's only partially true; it comes from examined experience. Radical Wisdom isn't your normal devotional book. It's a daily journey toward wisdom and insight from someone who's already been where you're going. The daily readings in Radical Wisdom not only provide you with practical wisdom and principles but guide you as you examine your life experience and develop your own wisdom. Regi Campbell is an experienced author, businessman, and mentor. Andy Stanley says, "I often find myself asking 'What would Regi do?'" John Maxwell has called him "a master mentor." A lot of what makes a mentor invaluable is that he makes his experience and wisdom available to his mentees. Regi has been sharing his experience and wisdom with his mentoring groups for years; now it's available to you too. Whether you're leading a large organization, a family of five, or simply leading yourself, you will become a better leader through Radical Wisdom. One day at a time.

John Dominic Crossan explores the lost years of earliest Christianity, the years immediately following Jesus' execution. He establishes the contextual setting through a combination of literary, anthropological, historical and archaeological approaches. He challenges the assumptions about the role of Paul and the meaning of resurrection, and forges a new understanding of the birth of the Christian church. Here is a vivid account of early Christianity's interaction with the world around it, and of the new traditions and communities established as Jesus' companions continued their movement after his death.

This culmination of award-winning author Andrew Harvey’s life’s work bridges the great divide between spiritual resignation and engaged spiritual activism. A manifesto for the transformation of the world through the fusion of deep mystical peace with the clarity of radical wisdom, it is a wake-up call to put love and compassion to urgent, focused action. According to Harvey, we are in a massive global crisis reflected by a mass media addicted to violence and trivialization at a moment when what the world actually needs is profound inspiration, a return to the heart-centered way of the Divine Feminine, the words of the mystics throughout the ages, and the cultivation of the nonviolent philosophies of Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, and the Dalai Lama. Harvey’s concepts of radical passion and sacred activism fly in the face of restraint, of pessimism, of denial, of all that is inhumane, fusing the mystic’s passion for God with the activist’s passion for justice and for healing the division between heaven and earth, heart and will, body and soul, prayer and action. Sacred activism asks that we engage deeply on a personal, spiritual, and political level so as to become a fully empowered, fully active, and contemplative humanity that can turn tragedy into grace, and desolation into the opportunity to build and co-create a new world. Unlike many spiritual books, Radical Passion does not veil the dark with artificial hope. It explores the catastrophes of our current times and celebrates the ecstatic hope and divinity that is possible—right now and in the future.

Grace Jantzen was an internationally-renowned feminist philosopher of religion whose work has transformed the way we think about the interactions between religion, culture and gender in Western culture. Jantzen's aim was to 'redeem the present' via a critique and reconstruction of staple concepts of the Western imaginary. This unique book brings together many of Grace Jantzen's colleagues and former students in a wide-ranging exploration of her enduring influence, ranging across philosophy of religion, to literature, psychoanalysis, theology, ethics and politics. Part I assesses the ramifications of Jantzen's affirmation that Western culture must 'choose life' in preference to a prevailing symbolic of violence and death. Part II explores some of the key voices which contributed to Jantzen's understanding of a culture of flourishing and natality: Quaker thought and practice, medieval mysticism and feminist spirituality. Further essays apply elements of Jantzen's work to the politics of disability, development and environmentalism, extending her range of influence into new and innovative areas.

In this groundbreaking study, John Kloppenborg traces the literary evolution of Q as a document of primitive Christianity by considering it within the context of ancient literary genres. He argues that Q is composed of three compositional layers, or strata, each of which reflects certain stages of development in the Q community. The earliest formative layer reflects the influence of ancient sapiential sayings: the second layer suggests the influence of the prophetic literature of judgment and contains prophetic oracles and many Son-of-Man sayings. The third layer contains a temptation story, moving the document from a chriae collection in the direction of a biography.