Part I. Central dimensions of rethinking a socially responsible psychology for a global era -- ch. 1. Focusing psychoogy on the global challenge : achieving a sustainable future / ch. 2. Transforming a limited social function into a viable global action agenda / ch. 3. Practices of psychological inquiry : the global challenge / ch. 4. Toward socially responsible clinical practice suited to the needs of a global community / ch. 5. Toward social health for a global community / ch. 6. Toward cultivating socially responsbile global consciousness / Part II. Pressing global issues -- ch. 7. Toward a psychology of nonviolence / ch. 8. Toward racial justice / ch. 9. Overcoming discrimination, persecution, and violence against women / ch. 10. Poor people, poor planet : the psychology of how we harm and heal humanity and Earth / ch. 11. Processes in the development of individual and collective consciouness and the role of religious and spiritual communities