Beverly Lanzetta

Beverly Lanzetta is a theologian, spiritual teacher, and the author of many groundbreaking books on emerging global spirituality and new monasticism, including The Monk Within: Embracing a Sacred Way of Life, Radical Wisdom: A Feminist Mystical Theology, Emerging Heart: Global Spirituality And the Sacred, and Nine Jewels of Night: One Soul's Journey into God. Dedicated to a vision of theological openness and spiritual nonviolence, her work has won praise for its wisdom, eloquence, and mystical insight and is considered to be a major contribution to what theologian Ursula King called “a feminine mystical way for the 21st century.” Beverly has taught theology at Villanova University, Prescott College, and Grinnell College and has started a number of religious and monastic initiatives, including the Desert Interfaith Church, Interfaith Theological Seminary, Hesychia School for Spiritual Directors, and The Community of a New Monastic Way. She is a much-sought-after mentor for the new generation, including the “spiritual but not religious” and new monastics alike, as she brings with her forty years of experience as a guide to answering the universal call to contemplation.