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Explore ways that contemplative practices including prayer, meditation, mindfulness, and spiritual direction are transforming personal lives and society at large. Spiritual Directors International Executive Director, Liz Budd Ellmann, MDiv contributed a chapter titled, Contemplative Practice and the Enrichment, Formation, and Training of Spiritual Directors.
Published in 2011 by the Fetzer Institute, the book of essays includes:
The Blue Sapphire of the Mind: Christian Contemplative Practice and the Healing of the Whole
Douglas Burton-Christie
Action and Contemplation: A Christian Perspective
Richard Rohr, OFM
Contemplative Practice in Seminaries and with Clergy
Andrew Dreitcer
Christian Centering Prayer in America: A Contemplative Practice for Contemporary America
David Frenette
Islamic and Islamicate Contemplative Practice in the United States
Zia Inayat-Khan
Socially Engaged Buddhist Contemplative Practices: Past and Potential Future Contributions at a Time of Cultural Transition and Crisis
Donald Rothberg
The Growth of Contemplative Practice in Contemporary Jewish Life
Rachel Cowan
Contemplative Practice and the Enrichment, Formation, and Training of Spiritual Directors
Liz Ellmann
Contemplative Practice and Online Communities
Mary Ann Brussat
The Role of Contemplative Practice in Transforming Conflict
Dena Merriam
Contemplative Practice in a Frantic World
Michele Gossman
Assessing the State of Contemplative Practices in the U.S.
Maia Duerr
Naming, Connecting, Nourishing, Illuminating: How the Shambhala Sun Foundation is serving the Contemplative Movement
Barry Boyce
Contemplative Practice In America: Retreat Center Trends
Michael Craft
Contemplative Higher Education in Contemporary Life
Mirabai Bush
Contemplative Higher Education: A Case Study of Naropa University
Susan Burggraf
Envisioning the Future of K – 12 Contemplative Education
Patricia Jennings and David I. Rome
Contemplative Practice and Healing Trauma
Deborah Rozelle
Mindfulness-Based Interventions
Margaret Cullen
Contemplative Practice and End-Of-Life Care: A Preliminary Discussion
Judy Lief
The State of Contemplative Practice in the USA and Globally: Integrating contemplative practice and leadership development in diverse sectors of society and around the world
Walter Link
Contemplative Leadership in Organizations
Janet Drey
Contemplative Practice in Law: An Overview
Rhonda V. Magee
State of Contemplative Practice: Contemplative Living
Robert Toth
Contemplative Practice and Social Activism
Claudia Horwitz