Sex and the Spiritual Teacher by Scott Edelstein

Sex and the Spiritual Teacher by Scott Edelstein

Sex and the Spiritual Teacher looks at the complex of forces that tempt otherwise insightful, compassionate, and well-intentioned teachers to lose their way--and that tempt some of their students to lose their way as well. It analyzes why most of our current efforts to keep spiritual teachers from transgressing usually don't (and in fact can't) work. Perhaps most importantly, it suggests a set of practices and structures that can build community, encourage healthy student-teacher relationships, increase trust and spiritual intimacy between teachers and their students, and help authentic spiritual teachers stay happily monogamous or celibate. Sex and the Spiritual Teacher is for anyone who is or might become part of a spiritual community: students, teachers, clergy, lay leaders, and even casual visitors. It's a reader-friendly, no-nonsense guide to making spiritual life safer and fuller for all of us one person, relationship, and community at a time.

Scott Edelstein has been a book, magazine, and newspaper editor; a literary agent; a magazine and newspaper journalist; a writing and publishing consultant; a freelance writer, editor, and ghostwriter, a magazine columnist; an arts reviewer; a manuscript critic; a writer of material for businesses and non-profits; and a writing teacher at many colleges and universities. He has published more than a dozen books and over 100 short stories and articles. He frequently gives talks and workshops for beginning writers at universities and writers' centers, and works one-on-one with writers to help them publish their work and build their writing careers. He currently works as a writer, editor, literary agent, and professor of writing at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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ISBN 13	9780861715961
ISBN 10	0861715969
Title	Sex and the Spiritual Teacher
Author	Scott Edelstein
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Wisdom Publications,U.S.
Year published	2011-03-01
Number of pages	264
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