Engaged Spirituality: Stories of Religious Resilience, Inspiration, and Pursuing the Common Good: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Civic Culture
Editat de Ken Chitwooden Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 aug 2026
Written by reporters and researchers who worked for five years with the University of Southern California's Center for Religion and Civic Culture, this book focuses on some of the greatest challenges to the current human experience; from education, health care and socioeconomic development to environmental justice, gender and sexual equity, and interreligious dialogue. It draws on compelling profiles of spiritually engaged humanitarians motivated by religious values and spiritual practices to reimagine the ways we engage the tangible, troubling realities of contemporary life.
Originating from different traditions and diverse corners of the globe, the power and humanity of these portraits help dispel discouragement about the state of the world and instead inspire readers to take positive action to address shared global challenges.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350563452
ISBN-10: 1350563455
Pagini: 280
Ilustrații: 12 b/w illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Civic Culture
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350563455
Pagini: 280
Ilustrații: 12 b/w illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Civic Culture
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Series Foreword, Richard Flory (USC CRCC, USA)
Foreword, Megan Sweas (USC CRCC, USA) and Don Miller (Project PI, USA)
Introduction, Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA)
1. Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, Hebah Farrag (Associate Director of Grants, PATH Los Angeles, USA), Linda Freund (independent journalist), Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA), and Nalika Gajaweera (Anthropologist, formerly of USC CRCC, USA)
2. Cultural Empowerment, Nick Street and Richard Flory (Director, USC CRCC, USA), Clément Giradot (Freelance editor and writer, Georgia) and Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA).
3. Healthcare, Shaina Sealy (Senior Producer, Snap Judgment, USA), Magdalena Rojo (Independent Journalist, Mexico), Linda Freund (Multimedia journalist, Spain) and Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA).
4. Education Innocent Eteng (Independent Journalist, Nigeria) and Athar Ahmad (Journalist and Lecturer, University College London, UK).
5. Gender and Sexual Equity, Monique Parsons (Independent Journalist, USA), Priyadarshini Sen (Independent Journalist, India) and Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA).
6. Environmental Justice, Kevin D. Grant (Co-founder, Ground Truth Project, USA), Magdalena Rojo (Independent Journalist, Mexico) and Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA).
7. Socio-economic Development, Arpi Miller (Director, ISAAC of Northern Colorado, USA), Nick Street (formerly of USC CRCC, USA), Hebah Farrag and Megan Sweas (USC CRCC, USA).
8. Interreligious Dialogue and Peacebuilding, Stephanie Saldaña (Independent Journalist, Israel), Kimberly Winston (Freelance Religion Reporter, USA) and Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA).
Afterword: How then shall we live?, Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA).
Contributors
Index
Acknowledgements
Series Foreword, Richard Flory (USC CRCC, USA)
Foreword, Megan Sweas (USC CRCC, USA) and Don Miller (Project PI, USA)
Introduction, Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA)
1. Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, Hebah Farrag (Associate Director of Grants, PATH Los Angeles, USA), Linda Freund (independent journalist), Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA), and Nalika Gajaweera (Anthropologist, formerly of USC CRCC, USA)
2. Cultural Empowerment, Nick Street and Richard Flory (Director, USC CRCC, USA), Clément Giradot (Freelance editor and writer, Georgia) and Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA).
3. Healthcare, Shaina Sealy (Senior Producer, Snap Judgment, USA), Magdalena Rojo (Independent Journalist, Mexico), Linda Freund (Multimedia journalist, Spain) and Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA).
4. Education Innocent Eteng (Independent Journalist, Nigeria) and Athar Ahmad (Journalist and Lecturer, University College London, UK).
5. Gender and Sexual Equity, Monique Parsons (Independent Journalist, USA), Priyadarshini Sen (Independent Journalist, India) and Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA).
6. Environmental Justice, Kevin D. Grant (Co-founder, Ground Truth Project, USA), Magdalena Rojo (Independent Journalist, Mexico) and Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA).
7. Socio-economic Development, Arpi Miller (Director, ISAAC of Northern Colorado, USA), Nick Street (formerly of USC CRCC, USA), Hebah Farrag and Megan Sweas (USC CRCC, USA).
8. Interreligious Dialogue and Peacebuilding, Stephanie Saldaña (Independent Journalist, Israel), Kimberly Winston (Freelance Religion Reporter, USA) and Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA).
Afterword: How then shall we live?, Ken Chitwood (Affiliate, USC CRCC, USA).
Contributors
Index
Recenzii
Many years ago, my friend and colleague Andrew Greeley persuaded me that stories are the essence of religion. Ever since, I've been on the lookout for good examples. The present book is an exceptional collection. The stories here show clearly how spiritual convictions motivate people to engage with the most important social issues of our time.
In Engaged Spirituality Ken Chitwood brings together the best spiritual stories from a deep and broad research project. The chapters in this volume are united in their emphasis on representative stories. The stories show that spirituality is active; it inspires and shapes humanitarian work across spiritual traditions and across global contexts. The stories will make you weep and make you think, often at the same time. They challenged me as a scholar but also as a citizen and more importantly as a human being to do better and be better, to uphold my own values of seeing the profound dignity in all people.
Engaged Spirituality arrives at a moment when academic inquiry into religion and public life has never been more necessary. This anthology demonstrates how religion and spirituality can be a vital resource for confronting some of the most intractable issues of our era: environmental degradation, inequality, gender injustice, and xenophobiaEach chapter offers finely-crafted cases drawn from diverse traditions and global contexts, bringing together insights from journalists, scholars, and practitioners in a way that is both rigorous and deeply human. Engaged Spirituality's potency lies not only in its empirical value, but in its insistence that stories do more than illustrate: they call us to reimagine how we live, who we serve, and what it means to act on faith in service of the common good.
Through vivid storytelling, this is a book that shows how faith and spiritual values fuel efforts to repair a fractured world. These portraits of courage and compassion not only highlight what's possible when belief meets action - but also invites readers to find hope and purpose.
These sacred stories of spiritual exemplars will deepen your faith, enrich your life and inspire you to compassionate action. I highly recommend this book.
We live in a world where hate, fear, and conflict seem to be the main drivers. This wonderful book shows us another way by telling the stories of exemplary religious people. They give us hope for a just world.
In Engaged Spirituality Ken Chitwood brings together the best spiritual stories from a deep and broad research project. The chapters in this volume are united in their emphasis on representative stories. The stories show that spirituality is active; it inspires and shapes humanitarian work across spiritual traditions and across global contexts. The stories will make you weep and make you think, often at the same time. They challenged me as a scholar but also as a citizen and more importantly as a human being to do better and be better, to uphold my own values of seeing the profound dignity in all people.
Engaged Spirituality arrives at a moment when academic inquiry into religion and public life has never been more necessary. This anthology demonstrates how religion and spirituality can be a vital resource for confronting some of the most intractable issues of our era: environmental degradation, inequality, gender injustice, and xenophobiaEach chapter offers finely-crafted cases drawn from diverse traditions and global contexts, bringing together insights from journalists, scholars, and practitioners in a way that is both rigorous and deeply human. Engaged Spirituality's potency lies not only in its empirical value, but in its insistence that stories do more than illustrate: they call us to reimagine how we live, who we serve, and what it means to act on faith in service of the common good.
Through vivid storytelling, this is a book that shows how faith and spiritual values fuel efforts to repair a fractured world. These portraits of courage and compassion not only highlight what's possible when belief meets action - but also invites readers to find hope and purpose.
These sacred stories of spiritual exemplars will deepen your faith, enrich your life and inspire you to compassionate action. I highly recommend this book.
We live in a world where hate, fear, and conflict seem to be the main drivers. This wonderful book shows us another way by telling the stories of exemplary religious people. They give us hope for a just world.