“Spirituality differs from religion in its sense of unconditional value that’s unaffected by circumstances. In spirituality, seen through the heart’s unconditional lens, God is one.”
- Kurt Johnson, David Robert Ord, The Coming Interspiritual Age
The Coming Interspiritual Age
KURT JOHNSON, PhD and DAVID ROBERT ORD
This book details the vision of interspirituality within a comprehensive and powerful synthesis of world religions and spirituality, the discoveries of modern science, and the developmental and evolutionary view of history.
Offering provocative insights into the inherent unity within the world’s religions and their shared mystical understandings, The Coming Interspiritual Age builds on the vision of interspirituality originally put forward by Brother Wayne Teasdale.
Drawing on the essential insights of the world’s ancient wisdom traditions, this is the first book to predict the future in the context of a synthesis of interfaith, interspirituality, modern scientific studies of consciousness, the developmental and evolutionary views of history.
As they lay out the steps we are now well capable of taking as a species, peer with the authors into the glorious future that’s becoming a real possibility for the first time in our long evolutionary journey.
“If you’re not sure what this all means - and even if you are - get this visionary book and find out what all the excitement and enthusiasm is about. It might very well change your world!”
“A new integral world has begun to come into view, and a new human being is beginning to be called forth. This new humanity is capable of living responsibly and cooperatively in this radically self-transforming world. The implications will be world-changing. Drawing from the inspiring legacy of Brother Wayne Teasdale, Kurt Johnson and David Robert Ord do us all a great service by bringing the sweep of this panoramic vision into focus in this wide-ranging volume.”
Kurt Johnson, PhD
Kurt has worked in professional science and comparative religion for over 40 years and serves on many international committees, particularly at the United Nations. As part of Unity Earth, he co-edits its two magazines and cohosts its Convergence series on VoiceAmerica. In comparative culture and religion, Kurt has been on the faculty of New York City’s One Spirit Interfaith Seminary for 12 years and is the co-author of the very influential book on the future of world religions, The Coming Interspiritual Age.
In science, with a PhD in Evolution, Ecology and Comparative Biology he was on the staff of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and is currently associated with the McGuire Center for Biodiversity at the University of Florida. Kurt has published over 200 scientific articles and seven books, including the popular science bestseller Nabokov’s Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius. In 2015 his book on science and the arts, Fine Lines, appeared from Yale University Press along with contributions in a United Nations NGO publication: Ethics, Spiritual Values, and the New United Nations Development Agenda.
Kurt has presented regularly on science and religion at The Science and Nonduality Conference and the Parliament of the World’s Religions and published articles on this inter-relationship in many periodicals, including audio discussions with Ken Wilber at Integral Life. He is a founding member of the Contemplative Alliance and President of the Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. At the United Nations, he serves on the Executive Committee of the UN NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns and the NGO Forum 21 Institute. Formerly a monastic for over 10 years, and active in contemplative and sacred activism across several traditions, Kurt is also an ordained Eco-Minister and recently co-edited the Namaste Insights internet magazine on the eco-vision of interfaith pioneers Thomas Berry and Wayne Teasdale.
David Robert Ord
Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, David was educated at Ripon Grammar in England, one of England’s top schools. After completing his BA with an emphasis on communication, he was hired to write in Auckland, New Zealand for five years. Since 1979 he has resided in the United States. He served as Editorial Director for Namaste Publishing for ten years.
Having studied at the Graduate Theological Union of Berkeley, he graduated from the San Francisco Theological Seminary and served some years as a Presbyterian minister.
In addition to writing Your Forgotten Self, David Robert Ord is the author of Lessons On Loving in the Little Prince and coauthor of The Coming Interspiritual Age with Dr. Kurt Johnson.
Currently, David ghostwrites and edits for authors all around the world.
“The context of religion, interspirituality is the common heritage of humankind’s spiritual wisdom and the sharing of wisdom resources across traditions. In terms of our developing human consciousness, interspirituality is the movement of all these discussions toward the experience of profound interconnectedness, unity consciousness, and oneness. A more heartfelt and experiential definition focuses on the deepest implications of these phrases, rolling them into a statement such as “a spirituality so based on the heart and unconditional love that it would be impossible to feel separate from anything.” This definition has profound ethical implications.”
