cover image Peaceful Earth: Spiritual Perspectives on Hope and Healing Beyond Terrorism

Peaceful Earth: Spiritual Perspectives on Hope and Healing Beyond Terrorism

Lisa Hepner. Hold Vision, $12 (100pp) ISBN 978-0-9715845-9-4

While most of the spirituality books about September 11 and its aftermath have catered to the evangelical market, with Charles Stanley, Max Lucado and other Christians weighing in, some of the most recognizable names in the New Age movement contribute to Lisa Hepner's collection, Peaceful Earth: Spiritual Perspectives on Hope and Healing Beyond Terrorism. Neale Donald Walsch, Marianne Williamson, Terry Cole-Whittaker and Dan Millman headline the anthology, with various pieces addressing global unity, peacemaking and the dangers of religious fanaticism. Many of the pieces are quite generic, despite their ostensible grounding in the most devastating terrorist attack in world history; Angelo Pizelo's essay, for example, speaks about personal transformation in such a broad sense that it could be reproduced verbatim in any other New Age treasury. This is a missed opportunity. ( Dec.)