David Steindl-Rast"Much of our life may be a wandering in the desert lands, but we do find springs of water. If what is called God means in the language of experience the ultimate Source of Meaning, then those moments that quench the thirst of the heat are moments of prayer." David Steindl Rast (b. 1926), an Austrian born Benedictine monk, is one of the most influential spiritual teachers in the world. Founder of the Mount Savior Monastery in Elmira, New York, he was

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim are co-directors of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale

"mission" has preceded the church

Toward the Reform of the Liturgy

Each chapter sheds new insight on God and humankind's role in co-creation

More than forty years have passed since Oscar Romero

in a society marked by a growing gulf between rich and poor

They were students of Thomas Berry and have devoted themselves to his legacy by editing his books and producing the Emmy-award winning film

Finishing the Work Begun: The Trying Experience of the Fourth Period

White Allies challenges the idea that racial justice is a concern only for people of color

the sciences

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