The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning by Kurtz, Ernest

The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780553371321)

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The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning by Kurtz, Ernest

The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning

$20.00
The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning by Kurtz, Ernest

The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning

$20.00
Format: Paperback
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I Am Not Perfect is a simple statement of profound truth, the first step toward understanding the human condition, for to deny your essential imperfection is to deny yourself and your own humanity. The spirituality of imperfection, steeped in the rich traditions of the Hebrew prophets and Greek thinkers, Buddhist sages and Christian disciples, is a message as timeless as it is timely. This insightful work draws on the wisdom stories of the ages to provide an extraordinary wellspring of hope and inspiration to anyone thirsting for spiritual growth and guidance in these troubled times.

Who are we? Why so we so often fall short of our goals for ourselves and others? By seeking to understand our limitations and accept the inevitably of failure and pain, we being to ease the hurt and move toward a greater sense of serenity and self-awareness. The Spirituality Of Imperfection brings together stories from many spiritual and philosophical paths, weaving past traditions into a spirituality and a new way of thinking and living that works today. It speaks so anyone who yearns to find meaning within suffering. Beyond theory and technique, inside this remarkable book you will find a new way of thinking, a way of living that enables a truly human existence.

Author: Ernest Kurtz, Katherine Ketcham
ISBN-10: 0553371320
ISBN-13: 9780553371321
Publisher: Bantam
Language: English
Published: 12/01/1993
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.38w x 0.69d
By Ernest Kurtz
By Ernest Kurtz
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Ernest Kurtz is the author of Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.: The Story, and Shame and Guilt. He holds a Ph.D. in the history of American civilization from Harvard and is currently affiliated with the Center for Self-Help Research at the University of Michigan.

Katherine Ketcham has been writing nonfiction books for forty years. Her work has been published in sixteen foreign languages and has sold nearly one million copies. She founded and serves on the board of a grassroots nonprofit organization called Trilogy Recovery Community, which helps youth and their family members dealing with alcohol and other drug problems. Ketcham lives in Walla Walla, Washington.

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