Kurs, Katherine. Searching for Your Soul: Writers of Many Faiths Share Their Personal Stories of Spiritual Discovery. New York : Schocken Books, 1999.

Some fifty examples of spiritual autobiography from a range of authors—Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist.

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Breyer, Chloe. The Close: A Young Woman’s First Year at Seminary. New York: Basic Books, 2000.

The author, now an Episcopal priest, activist, and doctoral student, gives the reader a glimpse into the discernment process as well as the joys and tribulations of preparing for ordination.

Lester, Julius. Lovesong: Becoming a Jew. New York: Arcade, 1988.

Professor, prolific author of books for children and adults, civil rights activist, son of a Methodist minister, Lester chronicles his journey to embrace of Judaism as an African American.

Norris, Kathleen. The Cloister Walk. New York: Riverhead Books, 1996.

A Protestant who has become an oblate of a Catholic monastic community reflects on many aspects of her spiritual journey and changing sense of place.

Ochs, Vanessa. Words on Fire: One Woman’s Journey into the Sacred. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1999.

An American Jewish woman—an academic herself—accompanies her professor husband on his sabbatical in Jerusalem , and spends the time engaging in Torah study in the traditional manner.