The Red Book
Subtitle: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: June 16, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780787980542
Subjects: Christian life & practice; Spirituality - General; Religion - Prayer & Spirituality; Religion; New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit; Spiritual life; Spiritual; Religion / Prayer
First sentence: So how the hell do you start igniting your divine spark?
Description: Beak, a religious scholar and writer, presents a potent book focused on invigorating spirituality in the 20- or 30- something American woman. She vividly criticizes the patriarchal interpretation that has dominated most belief systems for centuries, and then quickly moves on to create her own feminist one. Beak encourages her female audience to do so as well, with their own "red book" modeled after hers, which was first given her as a birthday gift by her sister after their grandfather's death. Beak initially rejected the idea of keeping a journal, but soon found herself writing down prayers, recording dreams and in essence keeping a spiritual scrapbook. Avoiding the typical sentimentality, Beak's vision is a modern, femme fatale spirituality. The book lives up to its "unorthodox" subtitle, advocating that young women search for the spiritual in all things, even sex. Beak calls herself a "spiritual cowgirl," taking her readers along for the ride.