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 Include : 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 "Wonderful.... Opens the door to many historic and traditional paths.... Recommend[ed] to everyone I know in ministry and in spiritual counseling and direction." ― Rev. Tim Miner, OUnI , executive director, Council of Interfaith Communities of the United States “Why did no one ever do this before? This is an excellent, trustworthy and needed resource for spiritual directors today!” ― Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM , Center for Action and Contemplation “The first―possibly only―book of its kind! [A] remarkable ... resource [for] spiritual guides who aspire to serve ... in ever-more aware and relevant ways.” ― Rev. Lauren Van Ham , interfaith spiritual director and dean, Chaplaincy Institute “The contemporary spiritual guide would do well to have this dynamic book as part of their collection and as on-going education in the field.” ― Anne Huffman , PhD, director, MA in Spiritual Guidance, Sofia University “Finally, the go-to textbook that chaplains and spiritual directors ... deserve.... Goes deeper than the traditional who-what-why-when-where approach to world religions by focusing on spiritual care and healing.... It's full of gold.” ― Paul Chaffee , editor, The Interfaith Observer (TIO) Rev. John R. Mabry, PhD , directs the interfaith spiritual direction certificate program at the Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley and is adjunct faculty in the pastoral ministry program at Santa Clara University. A United Church of Christ minister, he is pastor of Grace North Church in Berkeley, California. He is the author of several books on spiritual direction and spirituality, including Faithful Generations: Effective Ministry across Generational Lines.