Spiritual Edge: Book Release (Live Reading + Musical Performance)
Schedule
Sun Apr 13 2025 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Firestorm Books | Asheville, NC
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Come celebrate the release of my sixth book, "Spiritual Edge: Exploring the Boundaries and Evolution of Religion" - a call for religious innovation. I will be reading from the book and signing copies. I will also be performing a musical set of originals and covers. Afterward, we'll head across the street for an after party at The Odd.###
Spiritual Edge is a book of essays, lectures, and letters from Joran Slane Oppelt, the founder and author of Integral Church.
Containing old and new writings, research, and case studies, the collection includes the author’s thoughts on media, community, social justice, and specific religious teachings (primarily Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism). It addresses religious tools such as prayer and faith formation, challenges the status quo of traditional religious thinking, and points the way toward religious innovation. The final section lays out how current communities are evolving, and the tools future generations might use to build new spiritual communities.
File under: Religion / Spirituality
ISBN: 9798539417826
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Praise for Spiritual Edge
“For anyone who questions religions of any kind, this book is for you. Joran speaks clearly about where religions come from, the myths that grew out of them, and a deeply spiritual way of looking at the issues.”
Kate Shulamit Fagan, Rabbinic Pastor, Aleph; Co-founder, Multifaith Storytelling Institute
“Drawing on integral theory, developmental psychology, and years of hands-on experience building innovative spiritual communities (from his pioneering Integral Church to the clients he serves through Illustrious and beyond), Joran charts a path forward that is both radical and deeply grounded. This book is both a map and an invitation – a map of the territory where tradition meets innovation, and an invitation to join in the vital work of reimagining spiritual community for our time. Spiritual Edge offers practical wisdom, theoretical depth, and most importantly, hope that we can indeed create new forms of gathering that serve both personal and planetary transformation.”
from the Foreword by Michael Morrell, Opti-Mystic; Co-Author, The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation
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Praise for Integral Church
“A pioneering document … should be a manual for all of us.”
Barbara Marx Hubbard, Author of Emergence and Conscious Evolution
“Joran Oppelt pursues questions so many (alive and caring) church leaders are asking: Where is the younger generation? And what are the spiritual paths they are traveling with — or more likely without — the church?”
Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox, Author of Creation Spirituality and Original Blessing
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About the Author
Joran Slane Oppelt is an international speaker, author, award-winning musician and producer, interfaith minister, executive and team coach, graphic facilitator, visual consultant, father, teacher, marketer, and community organizer. Who he really is can be found somewhere in the edges between those labels.
He is the founder of Tampa Bay Interfaith Week, The Metta Center of St. Petersburg, Integral Church, and Illustrious Consulting, and holds certificates in Religious Literacy and Sacred Storytelling. He is the former President of Interfaith Tampa Bay and Ambassador of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions and has served on the board of Creation Spirituality Communities.
He has shared the stage with Barbara Marx Hubbard, Matthew Fox, Ken Wilber, Dr. Stan Grof, Howard Rheingold, Lynne McTaggart, as well as Blues Traveler, Blind Melon, Men at Work, and more at events like South by Southwest in Austin, TX; Parliament of the World’s Religions (Salt Lake City and Toronto); and the Integral European Conference in Siófok, Hungary.
He currently lives in Asheville, NC, where he enjoys building fires and occasionally still picks up the guitar.
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Audiences: Interfaith advocates, Progressive Christians/Jews, UU/Unity/New Thought practitioners, Wild Church/Creation Spirituality Communities, Integral Thinkers, the Spiritual but not Religious, scholars and seekers of spirituality, small ministry leaders, LGBTQ+, religious innovators.
RIYL: Matthew Fox, Richard Rohr, Elaine Pagels, Rob Bell, Sam Harris, John Shelby Spong, Brandan Robertson, John Dominic Crossan, David Steindl-Rast, Ken Wilber, Alan Watts
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Where is it happening?
Firestorm Books, 1022 US-19-BR, Asheville, NC 28806-2612, United States,Asheville, North CarolinaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
