A Journalist Interviews God: on How Souls Grow in Faith, Hope, and Love (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781783243792)

The Preface explains that the author has posed as a journalist to interview the ultimate Source on a theme of interest to every awakening soul - the theme of their own identity, purpose for living, and method of making progress. The journalistic style is chosen for its pragmatic effectiveness to attract a mass readership rather than an academic style that can speak to only a small, specialized audience. Throughout the book, the journalist is unrelenting in asking their six essential questions: 1. WHO is this rational soul that is seeking answers? 2. WHAT is the nature of spiritual development; what are its exact operations? 3. WHY would people be motivated to seek spiritual growth; what is the range of potential benefits? 4. WHEN does soul growth and expansion occur; under what circumstances? 5. WHERE do we find visible evidence of spiritual growth - as it occurs? And 6. HOW is such spiritual transformation accomplished? Specifically: HOW does knowledge prepare the way for soul growth? HOW does volition free the soul to grow by exercising its free will? And HOW does action finally develop the soul as it acts to change society and civilization for the better? Before launching into chapters on the classic six questions, the Introduction explains how God will reply. While the primordial way has been for humans to study the book of Nature, from time to time, God has also provided Divine Educators who revealed Sacred Writings as sources of wisdom. The author examines more than 200 extracts from Sacred Writings of the Bahá'í Faith to provide insights for the reader that redefine Faith in the soul, Hope in the practicality of spiritual progress, and divine Love as the elixir that makes all things possible.