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Chris Saade experienced firsthand the devastation of the Lebanese war, where he was involved in peace work for over a decade and deepened his profound connection with God by dealing with tragedy through prayer, service, and learning to celebrate life unconditionally. His peace-building led him to develop a great respect for diversity, a passion for justice, and to subsequently direct three non-profit organizations. Saade teaches courses on the spirituality of the heart, authenticity, justice, and inclusion. A former therapist, he now offers personal, spiritual, and psychological coaching and has led more than two hundred psychological and spiritual retreats. He is the co-director of The Olive Branch Center with his wife, Jessie Thompson (www.theolivebranchcenter.net). Saade is the author of Second Wave Spirituality: Passion for Peace, Passion for Justice; Prayers of Peace and Justice; and co-creator with Andrew Harvey of An Evolutionary Vision of Relationships: the Spirituality of Romantic Love. The author resides in San Diego.
Reviewed by Roy T. James for Readers' Favorite
Second Wave Spirituality: Passion for Peace, Passion for Justice by Chris Saade begins by acknowledging the changes that are happening to our spirituality, which should have been taking place along with developments in other areas. All over the world, there is an understanding that the most urgent question facing mankind is not how individuals can be saved, but how the planet can be saved. Thus a new wave of spirituality is emerging, no longer confined to prayer or meditation, for action on a global level. Just as the first wave of spirituality liberated us from religious dogmas, this wave shall remove the dualism of spirit or the divine and our planet. This book examines the many facets of this change, like the unification of different and mostly opposing characteristics of our social transactions, and the implication of all this to the individual.
Second Wave Spirituality: Passion for Peace, Passion for Justice by Chris Saade makes a subtle observation that “you and I are part of one of the greatest evolutionary leaps of consciousness” to explain the many changes visible on the social and political horizon. He quotes the passing of a law by Ecuador ‘granting constitutional rights to nature’, as one such move. Clear and lucid presentation of a relatively novel concept is one of the high points of this book. A good discussion on ‘The First Wave’ of spirituality, included in this book, makes the job of understanding this relatively easy. An exhaustive list of references, other notes, and an index make it even more useful as a reference.
