Responding to Difference: Challenges for Contemporary Spiritual Directors

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  • Susan Rakoczy

Abstract

The global village of interdependence and diversity is evident every day. Whether it is the profound effects of the economic crisis, the increasingly multicultural and interreligious character of cities and neighborhoods, or the voices of racial and ethnic minorities in every aspect of life, we are all challenged to meet and embrace diversity. Spiritual directors are not exempt from these experiences since they accompany those diverse in culture, religion, gender, race and ethnic background, sexual identity, economic class, and age cohort.

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Volume 29: Forming Religious Leaders In and For a Diverse World - 2009

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