The Search for Spirituality: Our Global Quest for a Spiritual Life

“Ursula King’s book is not only a search for spirituality, it is a guide for arriving at some of the deepest answers life presents us. This is a unique, valuable, and irreplaceable addition to the literature on spirituality. . . . This work will be a classic!” –Mary Evelyn Tucker, visiting professor for social and policy studies, Yale University

“Spirituality is notoriously hard to define, but King makes a bold attempt. . . .This introduction to spiritualities not based in religious practice is thoughtful and accessible.” –“Publishers Weekly” (Religion BookLine)

“Beautifully written, this is an enlightening book that informs while it gently persuades. Opening many windows onto spiritual experience in our increasingly global culture, it invites the reader to partake and contribute.” –Elizabeth Johnson, professor of theology, Fordham University, and author, “She Who Is”

“Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. We have desperately needed Ursula King’s kind of dispassionate overview of spirituality as a construct for years. Thank God we have it now.” –Phyllis Tickle, author, “The Divine Hours”

“Ursula King’s scholarly command of the wide range of classic and contemporary forms of spirituality is equaled only by her enormous clarity in communicating their content in this very important and interesting new book . . . a wise and illuminating guide.” –John F. Haught, research professor, Georgetown University, and author, “God After Darwin”

“What distinguishes Ursula King’s search for a spirituality that will respond to global needs is the way she combines both depth and breadth in her search. She recognizes and taps the mystical depths that nourish all spiritualities, but she also shows how these shared depths produce a broad diversity of expressions in enabling people to both understand and transform their world.” –Paul F. Knitter, Union Theological Seminary, NYC