In the absence of God
Subtitle: dwelling in the presence of the sacred
By: Sam Keen
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harmony Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780307462299
Description: Challenges the notions and habits we've formed about religion over the centuries in order for us to build a deeper faith, that is relevant today. Sets out to recover the elemental experience of the sacred in everyday life. By appreciating emotions like wonder, gratitude, anxiety, joy, grief, reverence, compassion, outrage, hope and humility we may once again find ourselves in the presence of an unknowable but all present G-D. We may also regain the commonalities between Christians, Jews, Muslims, and other spirit traditions and end the contentious differences that have divided them and our world.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Idolatrous gods and profane ideologies; title: The desert : retreat and renewal; title: The hidden oasis; title: Remembering elemental emotions; title: God talk and sacred nonsense; title: Rites, rituals, and sacraments; title: Communities of concern and the quest for justice.