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The West, perhaps even the world, is being haunted by the invisible menace of an ethics crisis, writes Ivan Richmond. In his book on the spirituality of ethics, Richmond discusses how he sees religious dogma, reason, and even intuition as failing to give us true ethical insight in this day and age. He charts a path forward to attain a clearer moral compass through a spiritual engagement with the oneness of all of us together.

Drawing on both the wisdom of ancient philosophy and a rich spiritual repertoire, Richmond, a Wiccan priest of 20 years, teaches you to design your own rituals, ecstatic experiences, and even your myths in order to create spiritual practices that bring you together with the oneness of all sentient beings. It is from this vantage point that our moral intuitions come and through these practices that our moral compasses are refined. Whatever your religion, beliefs or creeds, The Religion of Good will help you on your quest for goodness.

“Two in three Americans today say they are “spiritual” while one in four identifies as “spiritual but not religious” and most churchgoers profess to be “both spiritual and religious” in their faith. Openness to spiritual experience and insight spreading in and out of the pews goes hand in hand with a hunger for moral commitment and mistrust of moral good reduced to rules and betrayed by politics. At this cultural moment of quicksilver selfhood in search of true fulfillment, the practical wisdom of Ivan Richmond’s epiphanic guide to ethical insight rooted in ritual is right on time and right on target. Let’s join in and try it out.”

_{Steven Tipton, Candler Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Religion, Emory University; author of In and Out of Church and Public Pulpits, coauthor of Habits of the Heart and The Good Society.}