God of Love

by Starr, Mirabai

• ISBN13: 9780983358923
• ISBN10: 0983358923
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-30
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

Though greatly influenced by modern teachers of Eastern spirituality such as Ram Dass, Mirabai Starr has spent her life responding to the call to honor the diversity and celebrate the unity between all paths that lead us home to love. Best known for her translations of the Spanish mystics, in God of LoveStarr explores the spiritual roots of Western religion. She provides not only an excellent introduction to the basic beliefs, scriptures, and practices of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, but also a new emerging context called InterSpiritual with which to understand our religiously pluralistic world. Unlike its precursor movement, "interfaith," which is largely focused on cooperation between religious institutions, an "interspiritual" approach is one that tends to the personal and spiritual dimensions of religion. An interspiritual approach sees and participates in the common roots found in all religious expression. Author of critically acclaimed new translations of St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila, Mirabai Starruses fresh, lyrical language to help make timeless wisdom accessible to a contemporary circle of seekers. As a teenager, Starr lived at the Lama Foundation, an intentional spiritual community that has honored all the world's faith traditions since its inception in 1967. Starr has been an adjunct professor of philosophy and world religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos since 1993. Her emphasis is on making connections between the perennial teachings found at the heart of all the world's spiritual paths. Starr speaks and teaches nationally and internationally.

Author Biography

Mirabai Starr is an adjunct professor of philosophy and world religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos. As a teenager, Starr lived at the Lama Foundation, an intentional spiritual community that has honored all the worlds faith traditions since its inception in 1967. At Lama she encountered many of the leading teachers and timeless traditions of diverse spiritual paths: Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, Jewish, Christian, and Native American. This ecumenical experience was formative in the universal quality that has infused her work ever since. Starr is best known to readers for her acclaimed translations of Dark Night of the Soul by John of the Cross, and The Interior Castle and The Book of My Life by Teresa of Avila.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Interspiritual Quest
Toward the One	p. 11
The Unity of the Divine
All Creation Praises God	p. 23
Stewardship of the Earth
Reluctant Prophets	p. 37
The Divine Summons
Longing for the Beloved	p. 55
The Illusion of Separation
Radical Wonderment	p. 69
Faith in the Absence of Proof
Welcoming the Stranger	p. 83
Table Fellowship
Sacred Service	p. 103
Compassionate Action
Mercy	p. 129
Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Indwelling Presence	p. 153
The Feminine Face of the Divine
Still Small Voice	p. 171
Contemplative Life
Fire and Wine	p. 191
The Path of Suffering and Exaltation
Afterword	p. 209
Walking the Interspiritual Path
Gratitude	p. 221
Notes	p. 225
Recommended Reading	p. 229
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