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Explores how spiritual beliefs can inform our opinions and transform our actions in areas of social justice & social change. What is globalisation anyway? What are spiritually minded people - on all sides of the issue - doing and saying about it? This lucid introduction surveys the religious landscape, explaining in clear and non-judgemental language the beliefs that motivate spiritual leaders, activists, theologians, academics and others involved on all sides of the issue. Included are the points of view of: Baha'is Buddhists Hindus Muslims Earth-based and tribal religions Jews Protestants Roman Catholics Unlike other books on this controversial issue, this easy-to-read introduction won't tell readers what to think. Instead, it provides the information they need to reach their own conclusions. This new edition includes a new Afterword and Discussion Guide designed especially for group use.

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Ira Rifkin is an award-winning religion journalist and the editor of Spiritual Innovators: Seventy-Five Extraordinary People Who Changed the World in the Past Century. He has won awards from the Associated Church Press, the American Jewish Press Association, the Religion Newswriters Association, and the Society of Professional Journalists. Previously news producer of Beliefnet.com, a multi-faith Web magazine, he is an adjunct professor at American University in Washington, D.C.

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