Stepping Out with the Sacred: Human Attempts to Engage the Divine
<!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]—><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]—><style>!— /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-parent:"";margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;mso-fareast-mso-ansi-language:EN-US;}@page Section1{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;mso-header-mso-footer-mso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1{page:Section1;}—></style><!—[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}</style><![endif]—><span><span>'Val Webb is one of the most exciting Christianvoices in the 21st Century. Brilliantly shepenetrates beneath the surfaceof traditional religious formulations anddiscovers the power and purposeofwords as having the ability to point to a realm of truth that wordscannot finally capture.' -<span> </span>Bishop JohnShelby Spong. <o:p  /></span></span> (Bishop John Shelby Spong)<br  /><br  /><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"  /><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"  /><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"  /><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"  /><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Caturton%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5C1%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"  /><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]—><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]—><!—[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object><style>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }</style><![endif]—><style>!— /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-parent:"";margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-fareast-}@page Section1{size:595.3pt 841.9pt;mso-header-mso-footer-mso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1{page:Section1;}—></style><!—[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}</style><![endif]—><p>'Something More—the sacred, the divine, mystery, thenuminous, GOD! How do we connect? Where do we connect? When do we connect? ValWebb takes us on an exciting journey through the many ways that people of manyfaiths have tried to connect with the Sacred, playing hide and seek with theDivine. A challenging journey for those still seeking to connect! A fascinating journey for those who like to'count the ways'! An exploration that isexciting, brilliant and accessible to all—but haunted by the ultimate question:Do we really connect?' - Norman Habel, Professorial Fellow, .</p><p> </p><br  /> (Norman Habel)<br  /><br  /><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"  /><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"  /><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"  /><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"  /><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Caturton%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5C1%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"  /><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]—><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]—><!—[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object><style>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }</style><![endif]—><style>!— /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-parent:"";margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-fareast-}@page Section1{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;mso-header-mso-footer-mso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1{page:Section1;}—></style><!—[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}</style><![endif]—><p>'Years ago the author of <i>Honest to God</i>, and <i>The Human Face of God</i>, BishopJohn T Robinson, challenged the Christian world to let scholarship leadthe way to a new understanding of the faith.Now Val Webb has convincingly shown that the vast knowledge of worldreligions can lead us to a new more inclusive appreciation of God, which candeepen our spiritual experience as well as forge bridges of understandingbetween faiths.' - Dr. Rachael Kohn, <i>TheNew Believers: Re-imagining God.</i> Producer and Presenter of<i> TheSpiritof Things</i> on ABC Radio , </p><br  /> (Rachel Kohn)<br  /><br  /><span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt">'An intelligent, fascinating and very approachable book. It would be ideal for anyone interested in dialogue with people of other faiths and for small discussion groups, especially book clubs.'<o:p></o:p></span><br  /> (<i>Insights</i>)<br  /><br  /><span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt">'A comprehensive work covering extensive terrain...an encyclopaedic work which draws on a vast range of written and lived sources... a highly readable book that will appeal to all.'<o:p></o:p></span><br  /> (Crosslight)<br  /><br  /><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"  /><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"  /><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"  /><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"  /><link href="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\aturton\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\msohtml1\01\clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"  /><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]—><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]—><style><!— /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-parent:"";margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;mso-fareast-mso-ansi-language:EN-US;}@page Section1{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;mso-header-mso-footer-mso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1{page:Section1;}—></style><!—[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}</style><![endif]—><span><span> 'Val Webb is one of the most exciting Christianvoices in the 21st Century. Brilliantly she penetrates beneath the surfaceof traditional religious formulations and discovers the power and purposeof words as having the ability to point to a realm of truth that wordscannot finally capture.’ -<span> </span>Bishop JohnShelby Spong. <o:p  /></span></span> (Sanford Lakoff)<br  /><br  /><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"  /><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"  /><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"  /><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"  /><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Caturton%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5C1%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"  /><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]—><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]—><!—[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object><style>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }</style><![endif]—><style><!— /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-parent:"";margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-fareast-}@page Section1{size:595.3pt 841.9pt;mso-header-mso-footer-mso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1{page:Section1;}—></style><!—[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}</style><![endif]—><p>'Something More—the sacred, the divine, mystery, thenuminous, GOD! How do we connect? Where do we connect? When do we connect? ValWebb takes us on an exciting journey through the many ways that people of manyfaiths have tried to connect with the Sacred, playing hide and seek with theDivine. A challenging journey for those still seeking to connect!  A fascinating journey for those who like to'count the ways’!  An exploration that isexciting, brilliant and accessible to all—but haunted by the ultimate question:Do we really connect?’ - Norman Habel, Professorial Fellow, .</p><p> </p><br  /> (Sanford Lakoff)<br  /><br  /><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"  /><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"  /><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"  /><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"  /><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Caturton%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5C1%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"  /><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]—><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]—><!—[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object><style>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }</style><![endif]—><style><!— /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-parent:"";margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-fareast-}@page Section1{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;mso-header-mso-footer-mso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1{page:Section1;}—></style><!—[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}</style><![endif]—><p>'Years ago the author of <i>Honest to God</i>, and <i>The Human Face of God</i>, Bishop John T Robinson, challenged the Christian world to let scholarship leadthe way to a new understanding of the faith. Now Val Webb has convincingly shown that the vast knowledge of worldreligions can lead us to a new more inclusive appreciation of God, which candeepen our spiritual experience as well as forge bridges of understandingbetween faiths.’ - Dr. Rachael Kohn, <i>TheNew Believers: Re-imagining God.</i> Producer and Presenter of<i>    The Spiritof Things</i> on ABC Radio , </p><br  /> (Sanford Lakoff)<br  /><br  /><p style="<o:p></o:p></p> (Sanford Lakoff)<br  /><br  /><p style="an encyclopaedic work which draws on a vast range of written and lived sources… a highly readable book that will appeal to all.’<o:p></o:p></p> (Sanford Lakoff)