Revitalising spirituality to address 21st century challenges

So while spirituality is often charged with escapism, is it not the evasion of the spiritual that is the real escapism? A renewed activism, grounded in spiritual perspectives, practices and experiences may be precisely the radical stance towards the world we now need.

There is little doubt that spirituality can be interesting , but what needs to be made clearer by those who take that for granted is why it is also important . To be a fertile idea for those with terrestrial power or for those who seek it, we need a way of speaking of the spiritual that is intellectually robust and politically relevant.