Rami Shapiro

Choosing Life after Tragedy

World Religions

“Rabbi Laytner writes, ‘All theology is personal.’ That’s true because all suffering is personal, and without suffering we’d give no thought to God. But what if you could go beyond the personal? What if you could experience a Greater Reality that embraces and transcends the personal? What if God knew you because God was you? Bring these questions to Rabbi Laytner’s marvelous book, Choosing Life after Tragedy, and the answers you receive will astound you.”

Christian Mystics

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Christianity is a vast sea of wisdom, and yet most of us are content only to skim the surface. Carl McColman's introduction to the Christian mystics invites us to dive deep and discover a Christianity most of us have never even imagined.”

Conscience, Spirituality, and Religion

Philosophy

“During the six hundred years of the Axial Age, from 800 to 200 BCE, humanity underwent a spiritual revolution, shifting from tribalist magic to universalist ethics based on the Golden Rule. Sadly, a counter-revolution followed, culminating in today’s religious nationalism fueling a global rise of fascism. Dr. N. S. Xavier’s Conscience, Spirituality, and Religion is a clarion call for a new axial turning to a post-tribal spirituality and a return to the Golden Rule as our ethical North Star.”

Dearly Beloved

Arts & Literature

“Being beloved is grace. If you know this, Dearly Beloved will embrace you. If you don't know this, Dearly Beloved will shatter you, and then awaken you. In either case, this is a book worthy of your time and attention.”

Listening to the Heart of Genesis

Bible Studies & Devotionals

“We live in a moment of interspirituality where contemplative practices rooted in one faith are shared among seekers of all faiths and none. Rabbi Leila Gal Berner’s Listening to the Heart of Genesis brings the magic of Ignatius’s lectio divina to the deep mystery of Torah, revealing new dimensions of an ancient text. This book is an invitation to discover your own way into the Bible. Accept it; you will not be disappointed.”

Read the Bible like a Mystic

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Some read the Bible thinking it's a menu. Mystics read the Bible knowing it's the meal: internalizing its wisdom and making it a part of their being and becoming. Carl McColman's Read the Bible like a Mystic is a powerful invitation to pick up the Bible and "come and eat" (John 21:12). I hope you are brave enough to accept it.”

The Book of Nature

“Following in and deepening the footsteps of the Desert Mothers and Fathers, Barbara Mahany's The Book of Nature invites you to engage with nature as the body of God: to know that all life is the happening of a nondual Aliveness called by many names. Calling to a humanity drunk on transcendence and desperate to escape from Nature and our responsibility to Her, The Book of Nature reveals the sobering immanence of God as the Source and Substance of all reality.”

Transcendental Judaism

World Religions

“Judaism is fluid, dynamic, and open to many interpretations. Each generation needs teachers capable of articulating that fluidity for its time. David Lieberman is one of these teachers, and his Transcendental Judaism is a beautiful expression of what Judaism can be. This is not an easy read, but it is a rewarding one.”