Applied Spirituality and Sustainable Development Policy
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Applied Spirituality and Sustainable Development Policy

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Applied Spirituality and Sustainable Development Policy

About this book

The fundamental cause of many of the global challenges we are currently facing is our disconnection from ourselves, our fellow humans, other beings, and our planet. We have consistently failed to recognize the inner consciousness that dictates our relationships and decisions, an awareness that could be the first step toward humanity's quest to set civilization on a more sustainable trajectory.

Rooted in both secular spirituality and scientific evidence, Applied Spirituality and Sustainable Development Policy articulates a new model of sustainable development that is not just based on narrow definitions of GDP and economic growth, but that includes and even forefronts social and environmental development and inner transformation of human beings. Drawing on fields from physics to public policy, 18 pioneering authors discuss:

  • A distillation of the spiritual gems at the core of the world's major religions, including Indic and Buddhist philosophy
  • Root-cause analyses of major sustainable development policy challenges like climate change
  • Connections between spirituality and law, and how our legal frameworks can reflect these values
  • The need for leaders to understand their spiritual nature in order to be authentic and transformative in their leadership styles

Recognizing a global need for healing, this book rejuvenates how we think about development and nurture our innate spirituality, and challenges us to shift our collective mindset from one of having to one of being.

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Yes, you can access Applied Spirituality and Sustainable Development Policy by Naresh Singh, Divya Bhatnagar, Naresh Singh,Divya Bhatnagar in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theologie & Religion & Kulturpolitik. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures and Tables
  7. About the Editors
  8. About the Contributors
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview
  11. Chapter 2 Policy and Practice Informed by the Ancient Science of Spirituality
  12. Chapter 3 Politics of Being: Harnessing Spirituality and Science for a New Development Paradigm
  13. Chapter 4 Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking: Perennial Wisdom Applications and Implications to Sustainable Transformation
  14. Chapter 5 New Paradigm Politics and Governance for a Planetary Civilization
  15. Chapter 6 Spiritual Leadership for Sustainable Development Policy
  16. Chapter 7 Law and Applied Spirituality
  17. Chapter 8 A Holistic View to Approach Sustainable Development: Spiritual Roots and Evidence From Quantum Physics
  18. Chapter 9 Spirituality, Wisdom and Quantum Theory: Wisdom Has a Measurement Problem Too
  19. Chapter 10 Public Policy for Sustainable Development: A Gandhian Paradigm
  20. Chapter 11 An Exploration of the Nonmaterial Dimension as the Sine Qua Non of ā€˜Sustainable Developmentā€™
  21. Chapter 12 Applied Spirituality and Mediation: Overcoming Challenges of Sustainability Using Inter-Relational Settlement Model
  22. Chapter 13 Compassionate Policies to Relieve Systemic Suffering: Visions, Obstacles, Strategies, Actions
  23. Index