Leaning into the Liminal provides a pan-theoretical introduction and practical application of liminality to the many forms care providing - counselors, therapists, chaplains, spiritual directors, religious leaders, and coaches. In addition to describing the essential history and concepts of liminality, it delves into the unique role of the spiritual guide, particular case examples of liminal competency, the liminal nature of war and its aftermath, spiritual direction in the limina...

Recent and current crises in health, ecology, society and spirituality have lent the whole arena of liminality a new urgency and relevancy. Those who traverse the great transitions are rediscovering new ways of interpreting life through the liminal lens, a way to make sense of the great voluntary and unchosen transitions that characterize modern life. This anthology provides a unique overview of liminality as it gathers a diverse coterie of authors, disciplines, and contexts to explore its...

We live in an age of enormous and rapid change, but how do people, organisations, even whole cultures and societies change? And where is God in such transformations? For more than a hundred years, anthropology has taught us that entering a chaotic, awesome and fraught 'threshold' - or liminal space - is fundamental to our renewal as human beings. Yet none of us goes willingly into such places. We need to be 'held' in liminal movement so that it is safe enough to change. Crossing Thresholds...