Booklist

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Several members of the Core Group have written books about which they have given short talks or interviews, links to which are shown below.

Janice Dolley, Awakening to a New Reality: Conscious Conversations Across the Horizon of Death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phNsjLhsNE4&t=170s

Don MacGregor, Christianity Expanding: Into Universal Christianity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1PH68W2lkg&t=162s

Brian Holley, The God I Left Behind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KjFJTP_zo0&t=135s

All the books in the list have been recommended by CANA supporters. The list is divided into sections (with some inevitable overlap)
The Wisdom Path
Science and Spirituality
Mysticism and Inner Christianity
Emerging Christianity
Meditation and Contemplative Prayer
Spirituality, Ecology and Culture
Other Dimensions of Reality

The Wisdom Path

Bourgeault, C., 2003. The Wisdom Way of Knowing – Reclaiming an Ancient Tradition to Awaken the Heart. SanFrancisco (CA): Jossey-Bass

Bourgeault, C., 2008. The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind – a New Perspective on Christ and His Message. Boston: Shambhala Publications Inc.

Bourgeault, C., 2010. The Meaning of Mary Magdalene. Shambhala: Boston

Freeman Laurence, Jesus the Teacher Within

Moore, Thomas, 2009, Writing in the Sand, Hay House Inc

Rohr, Richard, 2013. Immortal Diamond: The Search for our True Self. London: SPCK

Science and Spirituality

Cannato, J., 2006. Radical Amazement. Notre Dame (IN): Sorin Books

Cannato, J., 2010. Field of Compassion. Notre Dame (IN): Sorin Books

Currivan, Jude, 2017. The Cosmic Hologram: In-formation at the Center of Creation. Rochester VT: Inner Traditions

Fox, M., Sheldrake, R., 1996. Natural Grace: Dialogues on Science and Spirituality. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Goswami, A., 1993. The Self-Aware Universe. New York: Penguin Puttnam.

Goswami, A., 2001. Physics of the Soul. Charlottesville (VA): Hampton Roads Publishing Co.

Hollick, Malcolm, 2006. The Science of Oneness: A Worldview for the Twenty-first Century.  Winchester UK: O-Books

Laszlo E. & Dennis K., 2012. The New Science and Spirituality Reader. Vermont: Inner Traditions

LeShan, Lawrence, 1974, The Medium, The Mystic and the Physicist

MacGregor, Don, 2012, Blue Sky God: The Evolution of Science and Christianity More Info

De Vries, Marja, 2007, The Whole Elephant Revealed: Insights into the existence and operation of Universal Laws and the Golden Ratio. Winchester UK: Axis Mundi Books

Pfeiffer, T., Mack, J. (eds), 2007. Mind Before Matter, Visions of a New Science of Consciousness. Ropley UK: O Books

Parkinson, Frank, 2009. Science and Religion at the Crossroads. Exeter UK: Imprint Academic

Sheldrake, Rupert, 2013. The Science Delusion. London: Hodder & Stoughton

Sheldrake, Rupert, 2017. Science and Spiritual Practices: Reconnecting through Direct Experience. London: Hodder and Stoughton

Smith, A.B., 2008. God, Energy and The Field. Winchester UK: O Books

Mysticism and Inner Christianity

Clément, O.,1994. The Roots of Christian Mysticism. 2nd ed. London: New City

Fox, M., 1983. Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality. Santa Fe: Bear & Co.

Harvey, A., 1998. Son of Man: The Mystical Path to Christ. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc.

Marion Jim, 2000. Putting on the Mind of Christ: The Inner Work of Christian Spirituality. Charlottesville VA: Hampton Roads

Smoley Richard, 2002. Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition. Boston MA: Shamballa Publications.

Rohr, Richard, 2009. The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See. New York: Crossroads Publishing Co.

Teasdale Wayne, 1999. The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World’s Religions. Novato CA: New World Library

Emerging Christianity

Borg, M. & Wright, N.T., 1999. The Meaning of Jesus. London: SPCK

Borg, M., 1995. Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time. New York: HarperCollins

Borg, M., 1998. The God We Never Knew. New York: HarperCollins

Borg, M., 2003. The Heart of Christianity. New York: HarperCollins

Burton, U. & Dolley, J., 1984. Christian Evolution – Moving Towards a Global Spirituality. Wellingborough: Turnstone Press

Douglas-Klotz, Neil,1994. Prayers of the Cosmos: Meditations on the Aramaic Words of Jesus. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Douglas-Klotz, Neil, 1999. The Hidden Gospel. Wheaton (IL): Quest Books.

Ehrman, Bart D., 2003. Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew. New York: Oxford University Press.

Griffiths, Bede, 1989. A New Vision Of Reality. Springfield (IL): Templegate Publishers.

Henson, John, 2004. Good as New: A Radical Retelling of the Scriptures. Winchester UK: O Books

Holley, Brian, 2014. The God I Left Behind. UK: Petit Verger Publications

MacGregor, Don, 2012, Blue Sky God: The Evolution of Science and Christianity More Info

MacGregor, Don, 2020. Christianity Expanding: Into Universal Spirituality. Alresford UK: Christian Alternative Books

MacGregor, Don, 2021. Expanding Scriptures: Lost and Found. Alresford UK: Christian Alternative Books

MacGregor, Don, 2023. The Christ and Jesus: The Difference. Alresford UK: Christian Alternative Books

Marion, Jim, 2000. Putting on the Mind of Christ: the Inner Work of Christian Spirituality. Charlottsville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing Co.

Rohr, Richard, 2019. The Universal Christ: How a forgotten reality can change everything we see, hope for and believe. London: SPCK

Schwartzenruber, Michael (ed.), 2006. The Emerging Christian Way: Thoughts, Stories and Wisdom for a Faith of Transformation. Kelowna BC Canada: Wood Lake Books

Smith, Paul R., 2011. Integral Christianity: The Spirit’s Call to Evolve. St. Paul, Minnesota: Paragon House

Spong, John S., 1996. Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes. New York: HarperCollins Publishers

Spong, John S., 1999. Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers In Exile. New York: HarperCollins Publishers

Spong, John S., 2001. A New Christianity for a New World: Why Traditional Faith Is Dying and How a New Faith Is Being Born. San Francisco: HarperCollins Publishers

Meditation and Contemplative Prayer

Keating, Thomas, 1992. Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel. New York: Continuum

Laird, Martin, 2006. Into the Silent Land – A Guide to the Christian Practice of Meditation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Main, John, 1980. Word Into Silence. London: Dartman Longman & Todd Ltd.

Main, John, 1987. The Inner Christ. London: Dartman Longman & Todd Ltd

Bourgeault, Cynthia, 2004.  Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening. Plymouth: Cowley Publications

Spirituality, Ecology and Culture

Berry, Thomas, 2009. The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-first Century. New York: Columbia University Press

Berry, Thomas, 2009. The Christian Future and the Fate of Earth. New York: Orbis Books

Baring, Anne, 2013. The Dream of the Cosmos: A Quest for the Soul. Dorset UK: Archive Publishing.

Delio, Ilio, Wood P., Warner K., 2008. Care for Creation: A Franciscan Spirituality of the Earth. Ann Arbour MI: Servant Books

Fox, Matthew, 1983. Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality. Santa Fe: Bear & Co.

O’Donohue, John, 1997. Anam Cara – Spiritual Wisdom from the Celtic World. London: Bantam

Shapiro, Rami, 2013. Perennial Wisdom for the Spiritually Independent: Sacred Teachings Annotated and Explained. Woodstock VT: SkyLight Paths Publishing

Tolle, Eckhart, 2005. A New Earth: Create a Better Life. London: Penguin Books

Vaughan-Lee, Llewellyn (ed.), 2016. Spiritual Ecology – The Cry of the Earth. Point Reys Station CA: Golden Sufi Center

Other Dimensions of Reality

Dolley, Janice with Ursula Burton, 2020. Awakening to a New Reality: Conscious Conversations across the Horizon of Death. UK: Sleepy Lion Publishing

Alexander, Eben, 2012. Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife. London: Piatkus

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