In the absence of God : dwelling in the presence of the sacred / Sam Keen.
| Author/creator | Keen, Sam |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Harmony Books, ©2010. |
| Description | ix, 209 pages ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Sample text |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Idolatrous gods and profane ideologies -- The desert : retreat and renewal -- The hidden oasis -- Remembering elemental emotions -- God talk and sacred nonsense -- Rites, rituals, and sacraments -- Communities of concern and the quest for justice. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 2009030672 |
| ISBN | 9780307462299 |
| ISBN | 0307462293 |