Occupy Spirituality

Occupy Spirituality is a powerful, inspiring, and vital call to embodied awareness and enlightened actions. 'Spiritual democracy, ' as it is called in this book, is necessary ... if we are not only to survive as a species on this beautiful, sacred planet, but also to cocreate through our conscious, committed actions a world and planet where all beings thrive together. Thank you Matthew Fox and Adam Bucko for such a wonderful book. --Julia Butterfly Hill, environmental activist and author of The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods The dialogue between these two visionary men comes as a fresh, exhilarating wind. It swings wide the doors of our minds and reveals what is surely the most heartening phenomenon of our time. Illumined and honored here are the moral clarity and courage of young activists the world over, as they unmask the deadening abuses of an exhausted civilization. Matthew and Adam help us hear these voices and catch the spiritual power moving through them. --Joanna Macy, author of Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy A beautiful book with a simple, clear, and profound message for our time. --David Korten, board chair, YES! Magazine; author of Agenda for a New Economy A rollicking ride, a pointed and energetic exchange in which love and mutual esteem is evident on every page. ...this volume is a heart-felt and potent wake-up call for the churches to re-engage in the radical and revolutionary task that has been theirs from the outset: to produce prophets and mystics for the world. -- National Catholic Reporter In Occupy Spirituality, our friends Adam Bucko and the Rev. Matthew Fox have begun a multigenerational conversation that is becoming critical to accomplishing the kind of change we want to see in spirituality today. Being deeply connected to the two ends of the spectrum of adult life, and looking togetherr A beautiful book with a simple, clear, and profound message for our time. --David Korten, board chair, YES! Magazine; author of Agenda for a New Economy The dialogue between these two visionary men comes as a fresh, exhilarating wind. It swings wide the doors of our minds and reveals what is surely the most heartening phenomenon of our time. Illumined and honored here are the moral clarity and courage of young activists the world over, as they unmask the deadening abuses of an exhausted civilization. Matthew and Adam help us hear these voices and catch the spiritual power moving through them. --Joanna Macy, author of Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy