Religion as Art Form: Reclaiming Spirituality Without Supernatural Beliefs (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498266840)

If you find books such as Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion compelling but your faith heritage is also important to you, this book shows how you can affirm both. Taking a cue from Marcus Borg's contention that "scriptural literalism" is for many people a major impediment to authentic spirituality, Carl Jech describes how all religion can and should be much more explicit about its symbolic, metaphorical, and artistic nature. With a particular focus on mortality and the relationship of humans to eternity, the book affirms a postmodern understanding of "God" as ultimate eternal Mystery and of spirituality as an artistic, (w)holistic, visionary, and creative process of becoming at home in the universe as it really is with all its joys and sorrows. Religion as Art Form is a must-read for those who think of themselves as spiritual but not religious.

Author: Carl L. Jech
ISBN-10: 1498266843
ISBN-13: 9781498266840
Publisher: Resource Publications (CA)
Language: English
Published: 05/09/2013
Pages: 268
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d