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When Spiritual But Not Religious is Not Enough

Seeing God in Surprising Places... Even in the Church [Hardback]

by Lillian Daniel

    • Author

      Lillian Daniel

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Hodder & Stoughton

    • Published

      February 2013

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    In ‘I'm spiritual but not religious’, Lillian Daniel shows that the modern focus on the private "spiritual life" makes people inwardly self-focused, vague in their expression of faith and unwilling to respond to suffering and need and. It is, she insists, the centuries of careful religious thought, debate, and most importantly, community, that enables us to search for, find and act with God in the midst of fallible human beings. Now this is being denied to Christians and we are the worse for it.

    Lillian Daniel’s opens with the comment: “While I think God does want us to feel gratitude, I do not think God particularly wants us to feel lucky. I think God wants us to witness pain and suffering and, rather than feeling lucky, God wants us to get angry and want to do something about it.”

    Taking apart the phrase "I'm spiritual, but not religious” Lillian Daniels shows how this blanket excuse has damaged faith traditions such that "religious” people - especially if they are open-minded and progressive themselves - don't know how to respond.

    With real life stories biblical examples, Lillian shines an honest and candid light on a faith that can, all at once, be strange, wonderful and well worth trying. Yet, Lillian finds, people create their own version of God because they can’t face the God who created them.

    Lillian Daniel answers the dilemma by showing you people who are searching for God in the midst of everyday life, unashamed to be "religious" in the full and wonderful sense of the word. When "Spiritual but Not Religious" is Not Enough is the book for people who want to find God in nature and in other weird places: prison, airports, yoga classes, committee meetings, and even their local church.

    • Part 1 – Searching And Praying
    Spiritual Bit Not Religious
    The Stand In Church
    So Hard To Sit Still
    An Honest Prayer
    An Orphan Looks Ahead To Father’s Day

    • Part 2 – Confessing
    We And They
    Magic Tricks
    Sing Sing
    Knitting Prayer Shawls And Baby Booties
    Confessions Of A Picky Eater

    • Part 3 – Communing
    Things I ‘M Tired Of
    No Sin No Service
    The Affter Tax Blessing
    Road Trip
    The Special Occasion

    • Part 4 – Wandering
    Hog Time
    Speaking In Tongues
    The Poor Are Not Lucky
    Please Stop Boring Me
    Animals In The Airport
    Immigrants Like Us

    • Part 5 – Wondering
    Born In Perplexity
    Inconsistent Jesus
    Quibbling And Quoting
    In Don’t Have To Prove It
    The Limits Of Taste

    • Part 6 - Remembering And Returning
    Every Spiritual Home
    The Secret Passage
    A Valentine’s Day
    A Grade Of Incomplete
    Little Boots
    Trial Separation

    People find it comfortable and convenient to create their own version of God-but can they really face the God who created them? The phrase "I'm spiritual, but not religious has been used so much as a blanket statement of faith that it has become a cliche. Some users have been damaged by particular traditions; others cannot settle for just one. Often "religious people" - especially if they are open-minded and progressive themselves - don't know how to respond. Lillian Daniel answes the dilemma with real, compelling stories of what a life of faith can truly be: odd, wondrous, God-soaked and worth trying. Here are people looking for God in the midst of everyday life, unashamed to be "religious" in the full and wonderful sense of the word. Private "spiritual life" keeps people self-focused and vague, depriving them of centuries of careful religious thought, current debate, and most importantly, a community of support. It is not remarkable to see God in sunsets and mountaintops; what is remarkable is to find God in the midst of fallible human beings.
    When "Spiritual but Not Religious" is Not Enough is the book for people who want to find God in nature and in other weird places: prison, airports, yoga classes, committee meetings, and even the weirdest of all places, the local church.

    Specification

    • Author

      Lillian Daniel

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Hodder & Stoughton

    • Published

      February 2013

    • Weight

      334g

    • Page Count

      224

    • Dimensions

      147 x 215 x 22 mm

    • ISBN

      9781455523085

    • ISBN-10

      1455523089

    • Eden Code

      4053692

    More Information

    • Author/Creator: Lillian Daniel

    • ISBN: 9781455523085

    • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

    • Release Date: February 2013

    • Weight: 334g

    • Dimensions: 147 x 215 x 22 mm

    • Eden Code: 4053692


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