Elizabeth Debold - Spiritual but Not Religious

Waged in isolated skirmishes for decades, the battle between progressive spirituality and traditional religion is exploding into mainstream culture like never before. And its outcome hinges on just one question: When it comes to navigating the spiritual life, who is the ultimate authority? The church? The guru? Or . . . you?

In this exclusive audio, EnlightenNext senior editor Elizabeth Debold reads her classic article “Spiritual but Not Religious: Moving Beyond Postmodern Spirituality.” First published in the December 2005–February 2006 issue of EnlightenNext, the article reviews the state of contemporary spirituality and explores whether the growing trend to seek the sacred outside of religious traditions is the harbinger of a new era in global consciousness.

BIO

Elizabeth Debold, Ed.D., Senior Editor, brings her experience as a pioneering researcher in human development and gender conditioning to her work for EnlightenNext magazine.

Debold is coauthor of the bestseller, Mother Daughter Revolution, and has published numerous articles about human and moral development, gender issues, and girls' self-knowledge and growth. She has consulted to a variety of organizations ranging from corporate law firms to nonprofit educational organizations, has lectured widely, and has appeared as a guest on numerous television and radio programs, including Oprah , Good Morning America and NPR’s 51%. Debold is currently the Academic Director of the Master's Program in Conscious Evolution that EnlightenNext magazine is running in partnership with The Graduate Institute, in Milford, Connecticut. She is also writing a new book, tentatively entitled The Evolution of Love: Men, Women, and the Possibility of Transformation, to be published by Pantheon.

She received her doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University, and was a founding member of the Harvard Project on Women's Psychology and Girls' Development, which was directed by Dr. Carol Gilligan.