David Belden

David Belden, PhD, is a longtime activist, restorative justice practitioner, and Oxford-trained scholar dedicated to exploring how spirituality and collective healing can strengthen movements for social change. Over decades, this calling has led him to join struggles for feminism, global justice, and workplace democracy; to author novels of politicized science fiction; to drive change as an organizer in the Network of Spiritual Progressives and as editor of Tikkun Magazine; and to invest himself in a restorative justice movement striving to heal the root causes of violence and harm.

David lives in the California Bay Area with his wife, Debi, and delights in time spent with his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter. He attends a Unitarian Universalist church.