Reading List

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Books about Compassion in Action

• Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations One School At A Time by Greg Mortenson
• Freedom Writers Diaries: How One Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them  by the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell
• Field Notes on the Compassionate Life: A Search for the Soul of Kindness by Marc Ian Barasch
• The Lost Art of Compassion by Lorne Ladner, Ph.D

Books by our Speakers and Panelists

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

• The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
• Ethics for the New Millennium
• The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

• God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time
• Believe: The Words and Inspiration of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Dr. Rob Bell 

• Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith  

Sister Joan Chittister

• Welcome to the Wisdom of the World and its Meaning for You 

Dr. Ingrid Mattson

• The Story of the Qur'an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life 

Pravrajika Vrajaprana

• Living Wisdom: Vedanta in the West 
• Vedanta: A Simple Introduction
• Seeing God Everywhere: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Living

 Roshi Joan Halifax

• The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom  

Linda Kavelin Popov

• The Family Virtues Guide: Simple Ways to Bring out the Best in Our Children and Ourselves

Reverend Samuel B. McKinney

• Church Administration in the Black Perspective (purchase direct from Judson Press)

Doug Pagitt

• A Christianity Worth Believing: Hope Filled, Open Armed, Alive-and-well Faith for the Left Out, Left Behind, and Let Down in Us All   

Steven Shankman

• The Siren and the Sage: Knowledge and Wisdom in Ancient Greece and China