Beyond Organized Religion
Subtitle: An Ex-monk Revisits Life's Basic Questions
Publisher: Santa Barbara Press
Published: 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780972274814
Description: This book is a no-nonsense, rational look at religion, god and us.

Frank Sanitate bridges the gap between his former life as a monk and his present life as an entrepreneur, family man, seminar leader and advocate for the world's poor and hungry.

He says: "After 30 years I wanted to re-think the concepts of my Christian faith. The process took me on a long and fruitful journey, which I am still on. Popular spiritual books of the day are of no help to me. In this book I take a no-nonsense, rational look at religion, god and us. I try to avoid the pious language of old spiritual writing as well as the lyrical, metaphorical language of current spiritual writing. May my journey assist you in yours!"
Table of contents: label: I
title: About this book and the author; label: 1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 9; label: 2
title: About this Book
pagenum: 11; label: 3
title: A Brief Partial Autobiography
pagenum: 19; label: II
title: About how we know; label: 4
title: Truth
pagenum: 28; label: 5
title: Faith
pagenum: 37; label: 6
title: Revelation
pagenum: 45; label: 7
title: Religion
pagenum: 53; label: 8
title: Churches
pagenum: 57; label: III
title: About the existence and nature of god: A theological foundation; label: 9
title: God - God As a Being
pagenum: 68; label: 10
title: God - Other Possibilities
pagenum: 81; label: 11
title: Afterlife
pagenum: 92; label: 12
title: Morality and love
pagenum: 99; label: 13
title: The New Ten Commandments
pagenum: 103; label: 14
title: The Six Sex Commandments
pagenum: 109; label: 15
title: How to Resolve the Abortion Question
pagenum: 115; label: IV
title: About how to live life; label: 16
title: Growing Up
pagenum: 122; label: 17
title: Spirituality
pagenum: 129; label: 18
title: Holiness
pagenum: 133; label: 19
title: Good and Evil
pagenum: 135; label: 20
title: Sin and Evil
pagenum: 139; label: 21
title: Prayer
pagenum: 146; label: 22
title: The Future and the Present
pagenum: 150; label: 23
title: The Past
pagenum: 153; label: 24
title: God's Will
pagenum: 155; label: 25
title: The Meaning Of Life
pagenum: 160; label: 26
title: Happiness - What Is It?
pagenum: 166; label: 27
title: Happiness - How To Find It
pagenum: 171; label: V
title: Miscellaneous Stuff; label: 28
title: Reinterpreting Christian Dogmas
pagenum: 180; label: 29
title: Minor Catholic Doctrine Jokes
pagenum: 188; label: 30
title: Summary Of The Ten Great Self-Evident Truth/Beliefs
pagenum: 192; label: VI
title: A Church for the Millennium; label: 31
title: Overview for a New Church
pagenum: 196; label: 32
title: Theological Foundation: Bedrock
pagenum: 199; label: 33
title: Two Great Needs
pagenum: 201; label: 34
title: The Great Failure #1: How Current Churches Fail
pagenum: 209; label: 35
title: The Great Failure #2: How Current Secular Institutions Fail
pagenum: 215; label: 36
title: How Would a Universal Church Operate?
pagenum: 221; label: 37
title: Why Do We Need Spiritual/Personal Growth Groups?
pagenum: 227; label: 38
title: Leadership in the Church
pagenum: 237; label: 39
title: Possible Names for a New Church
pagenum: 241; label: 40
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 247