Spiritual Guidance Across Religions : A Sourcebook for Spiritual Directors and Other Professionals Providing Counsel to People of Differing Faith Traditions

The groundbreaking professional resource for providing spiritual guidance to people from faith traditions other than your own. This comprehensive resource offers valuable information for providing spiritual guidance to people from a wide variety of faith traditions.

Covering the world's faith traditions as well as interfaith, blended and independent approaches to spirituality, each chapter is written by a spiritual guidance professional from that tradition or who works extensively with people from that tradition.

Each chapter provides:An overview of the tradition, including basic beliefsMethods for spiritual guidance honored in that traditionCommon spiritual problems encountered by people of that traditionTips, techniques and practicesHelpful resources for further learningCONTRIBUTORS:Dan Mendelson Aviv, PhD Måns Broo, PhDRev.

Cathleen Cox, MAT, MDiv Ervad Soli P. DasturKaren L. Erlichman, MSS, LCSW Jonathan Figdor, MDiv Rev. John A. Jillions, PhDSiri Kirpal Kaur KhalsaRev. Daijaku Judith Kinst, PhD Ozgur KocaBruce Lescher, PhDRev.

Ann Llewellyn EvansRev. Dr. Jim LockardRev. John R. Mabry, PhDFr. Scott McCarthy, DMinMoojan Momen, MB, BChirWendi Momen, PhDRichard K.

Payne, PhDSusan S. Phillips, PhDJames Michael Reeder, LCPC, CPRPRobert A.

Rees, PhD Bharat S. Shah, MD He Feng Dao ShiJoshua SnyderRev. N. Graham Standish, PhD, MSW Chief Luisah TeishChristopher TitmussReligions Covered By Estimated U.S.

Population:Evangelical Christianity Roman Catholicism MormonismJudaismReformed ChristianityEastern Orthodox Christianity Islam Buddhism HinduismSpiritual Eclecticism Unitarian Universalism Neo-Paganism Bahá'í Faith Sikhism ShintoHumanismNew ThoughtZoroastrianism Native American ReligionAfrican Diaspora Spirituality Daoism Jainism Confucianism