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Spiritual leaders who changed the world: the essential handbook to the past century of religion
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Contributors:
Rifkin, Ira, editor.
Published:
Woodstock, VT: SkyLight Paths Pub., 2008.
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Book
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xviii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Who Were the Most Innovative Spiritual Leaders of the Past Century?

Fascinating profiles of the most important spiritual leaders of the past one hundred years. An invaluable reference of twentieth-century religion and an inspiring resource for spiritual challenge today.

Black Elk, H. H. the Dalai Lama, Mary Baker Eddy, Abraham Joshua Heschel, J. Krishnamurti, C. S. Lewis, Thomas Merton, Elijah Muhammad, Meher Baba, Joseph Campbell, Simone Weil, Pope John XXIII, Shunryu Suzuki, Aimee Semple McPherson, Billy Graham, Dorothy Day, Thich Nhat Hanh, Martin Luther King, Jr. … these are just some of the spiritual leaders who have changed our world.

The result of a nationwide survey of experts in leading universities and seminaries, as well as leading representatives of dozens of religious traditions and spiritual persuasions, this authoritative list of seventy-five includes martyrs and mystics, intellectuals and charismatics from East and West. Their lives and wisdom are now easily accessible in this inspiring volume.

A celebration of the human spirit, ideal for both seekers and believers, the curious and the passionate, thinkers and doers, this book is an authoritative guide to the most creative spiritual ideas and actions of the past century—a challenge for us today.

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Nonfiction.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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75 People Who Changed the World is a wonderful, provocative collection of short biographies of reformers, scholars, martyrs and mystics - of many faiths - who shook up religious thought and practice in the twentieth century. The short profiles make interesting reading - and, often, discovery - and the quotations and bibliographies following each profile make this an even more valuable resource. It's an admiring and instructive survey of influential spiritual practitioners and pioneers. A celebration of the human spirit, ideal for both seekers and believers, the curious and the passionate, thinkers and doers, 75 People Who Changed The World is an authoritative guide to the most creative spiritual ideas and actions of the past century - a challenge for us today.
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Rifkin, I. (2008). Spiritual leaders who changed the world: the essential handbook to the past century of religion. Woodstock, VT, SkyLight Paths Pub.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Rifkin, Ira. 2008. Spiritual Leaders Who Changed the World: The Essential Handbook to the Past Century of Religion. Woodstock, VT, SkyLight Paths Pub.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Rifkin, Ira, Spiritual Leaders Who Changed the World: The Essential Handbook to the Past Century of Religion. Woodstock, VT, SkyLight Paths Pub, 2008.

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Rifkin, Ira. Spiritual Leaders Who Changed the World: The Essential Handbook to the Past Century of Religion. Woodstock, VT, SkyLight Paths Pub, 2008.

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