Once encountering the subject of secular spirituality, one is bombarded by a host of modalities which seem to be available in every brand imaginable. Many things can be spiritual; meditation, critical thinking, sports, and the list continues. It points to some very interesting conclusions concerning humanities desire to touch something beyond the commonality of a physical dimension. There are some reasons a secular approach to spirituality is needed one of which is people desire to be spiritual without having to be part of a religious institution. Being spiritual is a function of the way one lives one's life, which encompasses moral seriousness and aesthetic sensitivity. The goal of spirituality seems to be one of transformation. Such is the case with Feminist Spirituality and Gay Spirituality. Both forms of spirituality seek to bring forth a final transformation from oppression to liberation. The diagnosis of the spiritual problem associated with Feminist Spirituality as held in view of secular Judaica is two-fold; how can a Jewish woman be secular and not deny her Jewishness, and how can she be spiritual without believing in the God of Abraham? In contrast with Feminist Spirituality, Gay Spirituality confronts the spiritual problem of how can one be gay and spiritual in view of religious tradition and dominant societal intolerance?
             Feminist Spirituality confronts the injustice of oppression as it relates specifically to women, but also as it continues to abound universally and cross culturally. Oppression in any form is viewed as being immoral and is therefore, in Laura Levitt's view, all encompassing no matter the cultural narrative associated with it. This includes the oppression of the Palestinians. Levitt proposes that her Jewish nativity should not compel her to be less than Jewish for desiring liberation from oppression for all people, including the Palestinians, and especially for women around the...