Kurt Johnson, a scientist, comparative religionist, social activist and former monastic, was associated with the American Museum of Natural History and the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. He was a close associate of Brother Wayne Teasdale, the founder of modern ‘interspiritual movement’ and works also with the international Contemplative Alliance with Father Thomas Keating. His co-authored book Nabokov’s Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius was chosen as one of the ‘ten best’ books in science in 2000. Johnson and Teasdale cofounded the international Interspiritual Dialogue Association in 2002, now the virtual Interspiritual Multiplex web resource www.isdna.org
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The Village Way
Practices for Belonging in a Fragmented World
For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?
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