ADAM BUCKO is cofounder of the Reciprocity Foundation, empowering homeless youth to break the cycle of poverty, and HAB, an interspiritual fellowship for young people. MATTHEW FOX is an internationally acclaimed theologian working in the creation spirituality tradition of Christianity. He is the best-selling author of 30 books, including Original Blessing, A Spirituality Named Compassion, and The Coming of the Cosmic Christ.
“Occupy Spirituality is a powerful, inspiring, and vital call to
embodied awareness and enlightened actions. ‘Spiritual democracy,’
as it is called in this book, is necessary … if we are not only to
survive as a species on this beautiful, sacred planet, but also to
cocreate through our conscious, committed actions a world and
planet where all beings thrive together. Thank you Matthew Fox and
Adam Bucko for such a wonderful book.”
—Julia Butterfly Hill, environmental activist and author of The
Legacy of Luna: The
Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
“The dialogue between these two visionary men comes as a fresh,
exhilarating wind. It swings wide the doors of our minds and
reveals what is surely the most heartening phenomenon of our time.
Illumined and honored here are the moral clarity and courage of
young activists the world over, as they unmask the deadening abuses
of an exhausted civilization. Matthew and Adam help us hear these
voices and catch the spiritual power moving through them.”
—Joanna Macy, author of Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in
without Going Crazy
“A beautiful book with a simple, clear, and profound message for
our time.”
—David Korten, board chair, YES! Magazine; author of Agenda for a
New Economy
"A rollicking ride, a pointed and energetic exchange in which love
and mutual esteem is evident on every page. ...this volume is a
heart-felt and potent wake-up call for the churches to re-engage in
the radical and revolutionary task that has been theirs from the
outset: to produce prophets and mystics for the world."
—National Catholic Reporter
“In Occupy Spirituality, our friends Adam Bucko and the Rev.
Matthew Fox have begun a multigenerational conversation that is
becoming critical to accomplishing the kind of change we want to
see in spirituality today. Being deeply connected to the two ends
of the spectrum of adult life, and looking together at the growing
edge of spirituality and modern culture, they are helping all of us
to find our way.”
—Netanel Miles-Yepez and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, coauthors
of A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic
Masters
“The monologue of the Religious Right is over. And a new dialogue
has begun. This book is a sign of that dialogue. You may not agree
with everything on these pages (I didn’t), but you can’t help but
be stirred to join the conversation—and to dive into a movement
that is reimagining the world. Matthew and Adam refuse to see faith
as just a ticket into heaven, and they invite you to join them—and
to join God—in bringing heaven down to earth.”
—Shane Claiborne, activist, lover of Jesus, and author of The
Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical and Red
Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?
“Occupy Spirituality brings to the forefront the need for
spirituality in our lives and through us in the lives of nations
around the world. Materialism and morality, Gandhi said, have an
inverse relationship. When one increases the other decreases. The
decay in our ‘civilization’ today is caused by material greed. This
may just be the blueprint for the survival of humanity. Everyone
must read this book.”
—Arun Gandhi, author of Legacy of Love and The Forgotten Woman;
President, Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute
"This book gives heartfelt expression to the marriage of inner and
outer activism that has the potential to transform our world."
—Charles Eisenstein, author of Sacred Economics and The Ascent of
Humanity
“Occupy Spirituality is a careful, thoughtful, and inspiring
reminder that we don't have to choose between spiritual fulfillment
and political engagement. Fox and Bucko's dialogues enable us to
spy the Promised Land of social justice through fresh eyes.
This book will challenge your mind, complicate your politics,
and re-energize your spirit!”
—Marc Lamont Hill, social critic, activist, and author of Beats,
Rhymes, and Classroom Life: Hip-Hop Pedagogy and the Politics of
Identity and The Classroom and the Cell: Conversations on
Black Life in America
“Thank you, Adam Bucko and Matthew Fox, for nurturing the radical
spiritual activism and moral imagination which is growing all our
souls and changing our world.”
—Grace Lee Boggs, activist and author of The Next American
Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
“One can hope that the next great social transformation will
include not just political freedom and social justice, but a
transformation of the human soul as well. One can hope that the
activists of this era will be spiritual visionaries. One can hope
that the contemplatives of this era will speak truth to power and
take it to the streets. With this book, Matthew and Adam increase
the possibility that it will be so.”
—Kabir Helminski, activist and Sufi, author of Living Presence, The
Knowing Heart, and Love's Ripening
“These fresh and buoyant original voices summon us to radical habit
change and life-giving compassion in action guided by wisdom’s
insightful eye. That is the mission of bodhisattva leaders and
awakeners like Adam Bucko and Matthew Fox, dedicated ‘servant
leaders’ who are fomenting a beloved community committed to
witnessing and working towards social justice, peace and harmony,
and higher consciousness.”
—Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within and Buddha
Standard Time
“Occupy Spirituality powerfully applies the interfaith vision
globally known as ‘interspirituality’ to the activist and
transformative movement for positive worldwide social
change. It is a further step in our planet’s evolution toward
a global civilization based on the Heart.”
—Kurt Johnson, co-author of The Coming Interspiritual Age
“The Occupy movement moves us from self-centeredness to
other-centeredness. The most courageous act that any of us can do
is to dare to care about others. Since our destinies are
metaphysical we should start now and Occupy Spirituality. Let this
book be our manual.”
—Sharon Gannon, co-creator of Jivamukti Yoga, author of Yoga and
Vegetarianism: The Diet of Enlightenment
“In Occupy Spirituality, Adam Bucko and Matthew Fox remind us that
authentic spirituality is action. Spirituality without engagement
is empty. Activism without spiritual roots is dissipative and
fragmenting. Spirituality needs to empower and inspire us to
action. Sadhna (meditation) and seva (service) are complementary.
Spirituality and Action need to reunite. In this time of corporate
rule and greed, we need to heed the message of Occupy
Spirituality.”
—Dr. Vandana Shiva, environmental activist, author of Earth
Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace, and Soil Not Oil:
Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis
“Enlightened and resilient social change requires a change in the
insight, compassion, and wisdom of individuals—people who occupy
their spirituality, live it daily in their work, their families,
and their struggles. This amazing and surprising book addresses
what it means to live a life of sacred activism amidst the chaos of
the 21rst century from the perspectives of a dynamic young activist
and a wise elder. Everyone should read it!”
—Mirabai Bush, co-author of Compassion in Action and
co-founder of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
"Occupy Spirituality is a consciousness-raising, prophetic,
and bridge-building book... In their quest for peace, justice and
freedom these two radicals map out where we have been and what must
be done in our times to reunite contemplation and action..."
—Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Practice
"I was struck by [the] description of 'spiritual warriorship.' This
is particularly resonant with Shambhala."
—Amanda Hester, Shambhala Times
"A fresh breeze for all concerned with conscious, committed
action."
—Light of Consciousness
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