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Abstract
Young people are doing faith differently. They are redefining community, ministry and ritual for a new era. In the face of planetary crisis, the next generation no longer see faith as a private matter, instead they are integrating it with activism and the need for systemic change. Influenced by the wealth of different teachings and traditions available around them, their identities are increasingly multifaceted and emphatically global.
This collection of stories and interviews with young adults and their allies explores this new landscape, reflecting both the energy and inspiration of the next generation and the tremendous challenges they face. It points towards an exciting evolution in the way we are relating to the sacred.
With stories from:
Adam Bucko, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Kara Moses, Abbas Zahedi, Camille Barton, Bruna Kadletz, Dekila Chungyalpa, Matt Youde, Amrita Bhohi, Sun Kaur, and many others.
With supporting stories from senior leaders including:
His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Rabbi Laura Janner Klausner, Bhai Sahib Dr Mohinder Singh, and more.
Justine Huxley is the Director of St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace in London, and has a Ph.D in psychology. Her work includes advancing the next generation of leaders and peace-makers, and building spiritual resilience for an increasingly dystopian world.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENERATION Y, SPIRITUALITY ND SOCIAL CHANGE | 7 | ||
| Contents | 11 | ||
| Foreword | 15 | ||
| His Holiness, the 17th Karmapa, \nOgyen Trinley Dorje | 15 | ||
| Foreword | 17 | ||
| The Most Reverend and Right Honourable \nDr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York | 17 | ||
| Acknowledgements | 20 | ||
| Introduction | 22 | ||
| Part 1 - Natural Leadership | 33 | ||
| Chapter 1 - Jesse Israel | 35 | ||
| Leadership and vulnerability | 35 | ||
| Chapter 2 - James Adams | 43 | ||
| A life of meaning | 43 | ||
| Chapter 3 | 50 | ||
| Chapter 3 - Sun Kaur | 50 | ||
| Balancing Prayer and Action | 50 | ||
| Chapter 4 - Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner | 58 | ||
| Leadership and Disruption | 58 | ||
| Part 2 - Evolving Traditions | 61 | ||
| Chapter 5 - Adam Bucko | 64 | ||
| Follow your heartbreak | 64 | ||
| Chapter 6 - Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee | 73 | ||
| Real-world solutions, \nnot just spiritual ideas | 73 | ||
| Chapter 7 - Dungse Jampal Norbu | 88 | ||
| Hanging out with a friend | 88 | ||
| Part 3 - Sacred Activism | 95 | ||
| Chapter 8 - Sarah Corbett | 98 | ||
| The art of gentle protest | 98 | ||
| Chapter 9 - Bruna Kadletz | 107 | ||
| Faith without works is dead | 107 | ||
| Chapter 10 - Kara Moses | 114 | ||
| Fierce solidarity with all living beings | 114 | ||
| Chapter 11 - Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee | 124 | ||
| Spiritual principles in action | 124 | ||
| Part 4 - Complex Identities | 131 | ||
| Chapter 12 - Orion Stephanie Johnstone | 134 | ||
| Exploding binaries | 134 | ||
| Chapter 13 - Vero Lopes da Silva and Zoë Vokes | 143 | ||
| Citizens of Earth | 143 | ||
| Chapater 14 - Abbas Zahedi | 154 | ||
| Reinventing cultural identity | 154 | ||
| Chapter 15 - Kingsley L. Dennis | 164 | ||
| The Phoenix Generation | 164 | ||
| Part 5 - New Spaces | 167 | ||
| Chapter 16 - Ruth Moir | 169 | ||
| Reinventing ministry | 169 | ||
| Chapter 17 - Nick George | 180 | ||
| If I was successful… | 180 | ||
| Chapter 18 - Sukina Douglas | 189 | ||
| The need for new kinds of leadership | 189 | ||
| Chapter 19 - Parker J. Palmer | 198 | ||
| How the generations \ncan dance together | 198 | ||
| Part 6 - Challenging Orthodoxy | 209 | ||
| Chapter 20 - Camille Barton | 212 | ||
| Our collective liberation | 212 | ||
| Chapter 21 - Matt Youde | 223 | ||
| Youth mainstreaming | 223 | ||
| Chapter 22 - Amrita Bhohi | 229 | ||
| The marriage of inner and outer | 229 | ||
| Chapter 23 - Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh | 240 | ||
| Shared social responsibility | 240 | ||
| Part 7 - Protecting Earth | 243 | ||
| Chapter 24 - Xiuhtezcatl Martinez | 248 | ||
| Youth voices are powerful | 248 | ||
| Chapter 25 - Samson Hart | 258 | ||
| Let it be alive! | 258 | ||
| Chapter 26 - Dekila Chungyalpa | 266 | ||
| The infinite chorus | 266 | ||
| Chapter 27 - Tiokasin Ghosthorse | 274 | ||
| Every generation is \nthe seventh generation | 274 | ||
| Afterword | 279 | ||
| St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace | 281 | ||
| Young Sacred Activist of the Year Award | 283 | ||
| Resources | 284 | ||
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