A unique approach to understanding the faith traditions of the world and enriching your spiritual counsel. This comprehensive professional resource approaches a wide array of faith traditions from a perspective that blends theology, history and an understanding of the common spiritual practices in each faith.

The groundbreaking professional resource for providing spiritual guidance to people from faith traditions other than your own.

This comprehensive resource offers valuable information for providing spiritual guidance to people from a wide variety of faith traditions. Covering the world's faith traditions as well as interfaith, blended and independent approaches to spirituality, each chapter is written by a spiritual guidance professional from that tradition or who works extensively with people from that tradition. Each chapter provides:

• An overview of the tradition, including basic beliefs
• Methods for spiritual guidance honored in that tradition
• Common spiritual problems encountered by people of that tradition
• Tips, techniques and practices
• Helpful resources for further learning

CONTRIBUTORS:

• Dan Mendelson Aviv, PhD 
• Måns Broo, PhD
• Rev. Cathleen Cox, MAT, MDiv 
• Ervad Soli P. Dastur
• Karen L. Erlichman, MSS, LCSW 
• Jonathan Figdor, MDiv 
• Rev. John A. Jillions, PhD
• Siri Kirpal Kaur Khalsa
• Rev. Daijaku Judith Kinst, PhD 
• Ozgur Koca
• Bruce Lescher, PhD
• Rev. Ann Llewellyn Evans
• Rev. Dr. Jim Lockard
• Rev. John R. Mabry, PhD
• Fr. Scott McCarthy, DMin
• Moojan Momen, MB, BChir
• Wendi Momen, PhD
• Richard K. Payne, PhD
• Susan S. Phillips, PhD
• James Michael Reeder, LCPC, CPRP
• Robert A. Rees, PhD 
• Bharat S. Shah, MD 
• He Feng Dao Shi
• Joshua Snyder
• Rev. N. Graham Standish, PhD, MSW 
• Chief Luisah Teish
• Christopher Titmuss
  

Religions Covered By Estimated U.S. Population:

• Evangelical 
• Christianity 
• Roman Catholicism 
• Mormonism
• Judaism
• Reformed Christianity
• Eastern Orthodox Christianity 
• Islam 
• Buddhism 
• Hinduism
• Spiritual Eclecticism 
• Unitarian Universalism 
• Neo-Paganism 
• Bahá'í Faith 
• Sikhism 
• Shinto
• Humanism
• New Thought
• Zoroastrianism 
• Native American Religion
• African Diaspora Spirituality 
• Daoism 
• Jainism 
• Confucianism