How do we fit the life of the spirit into an existence overwhelmed by overconsumption? Using stories and images from poetry, Jay McDaniel offers an understanding of spirituality through wisdom, compassion, and inner freedom.
Jay McDaniel is professor of religion at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. He is the author of Gandhi's Hope: Learning from Other Religions as a Path to Peace (Orbis 2005) and Living from the Center: Spirituality in an Age of Consumerism (Chalice 2000). McDaniel is director of New Horizons: Center for Study of World Religions and Science and the Steel Center for the Study of Religion and Philosophy, both of which are based at Hendrix College