God Laughs & Plays; Churchless Sermons in Response to the Preachments of the Fundamentalist Right
Majestic, rib-tickling, and timeless....These churchless homilies are the gift of innocence wrapped in wisdom, crafted by a superb writer. --Paul Hawken, Blessed UnrestDuncan writes that "the great religious traditions stand in need of a...compassion rebellion against the 'certainties - of cocksure zealots." In this essay collection on the wonder and universality of human spirituality, he directs his most withering fire against the biblical literalists and their neoconservative allies who currently dominate American politics. In place of their idolatrous worship of the words of the Bible, Duncan asks of the fundamentalists if "there is anything truly imitative of Jesus, anything compassionate, self-abnegating, empathetic, forgiving in their assaults on religious and cultural diversity, [or the] ecosystem...." --Library Journal, June 01, 2006This is the book for everyone who is allergic to what often passes for Chistianity, but attracted to Jesus...beautifully written, as always with Mr. Duncan, but also wonderfully, humorously, deeply felt. --Bill McKibben, The End of Nature