March 30, 2006

MINNEAPOLIS – Millions of people throughout the world turn to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® to guide their career choices, improve their relationships, and resolve conflicts. Now in SoulTypes: Matching Your Personality and Spiritual Path two experts in the field help readers discover: the approach to spirituality, or "soul work," that is most natural for them, past spiritual experiences and what made them joyful, hollow, or even painful, and new spiritual paths that add fullness to life even in the midst of difficulties.

First published in 1998 by Hyperion, the newly revised SoulTypes is a valuable tool for individual growth and strategic planning for those in leadership roles in congregations and other faith-based organizations.

"Sandra Hirsh and Jane Kise have written a book filled with wisdom and practical guidance for personal development faithful to Carl Jung's function-attitudes in the positive light of spiritual wholeness! Fine tuned in this revised edition!" – Peter Tufts Richardson, author of Four Spiritualities.

"The underlying principle of this book is that when it comes to spirituality, one size does not fit all. Understanding one's own personality type as well as that of others is immensely fruitful both for personal spiritual practice and for church life. The authors are wise enough to recognize both the benefits and limitations of doing ‘what comes naturally' for each type. And they allow persons from each type to speak for themselves, enriching the descriptions of the types and applications to practical behavior." – Bradley P. Holt, Augsburg College, author of Thirsty for God: A Brief History of Christian Spirituality.

Sandra Krebs Hirsh has authored more than ten books on the subject of psychological type, including LifeTypes (Warner Books, 1989) and is a recognized international authority on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®. She is recipient of the Mary McCaulley Lifetime Achievement Award for her work encouraging constructive uses of differences and celebrating diversity. Jane A. G. Kise, Ed. D., is a management consultant, specializing in team building, strategic planning, and school staff development. She is also the coauthor of over a dozen books, including Working with Purpose: Finding a Corporate Calling for You and Your Business from Augsburg Books (2004). She has received the Isabel Briggs Myers Memorial Research Award for excellence in psychological type research.

SoulTypes: Matching Your Personality and Spiritual Path, Revised Edition, Sandra Krebs Hirsh and Jane A. G. Kise, Format: 6" x 9," paperback, 272 pages, Item No: 0806651466, Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Price: $13.99.

To order SoulTypes Revised Edition please call Augsburg Fortress at 1-800-328-4648 or visit the Web site at http://www.augsburgfortress.org/.

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