Barbara A. Holmes is president emerita of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, as well as former professor of ethics and African American religious studies and vice president of academic affairs at Memphis Theological Seminary. Her other Fortress books include Liberation and the Cosmos: Conversations with the Elders (rev. ed., 2023) and Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church (2nd ed., 2017). She is also the author of Crisis Contemplation: Healing the Wounded Village (CAC, 2021) and A Private Woman in Public Spaces: Barbara Jordan's Speeches on Ethics, Public Religion, and Law (Trinity Press International, 2000).
The contemplative life and social justice are topics of central concern to people of virtually every faith tradition today, but questions remain about how the two intersect in human experience. Answers can be found on the pages of this insightful, powerful, and illuminating piece by Dr. Holmes. Readers will come away from this book feeling highly enriched and inspired. --Lewis V. Baldwin, emeritus professor of religious studies, Vanderbilt University, and author of Never to Leave Us Alone: The Prayer Life of Martin Luther King Jr.