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The Life of Meaning: Reflections on Faith, Doubt, and Repairing the World
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by Bob Abernethy (Editor), William Bole (Editor), Tom Brokaw (Foreword by)
Bob Abernethy
The Life of Meaning: Reflections on Faith, Doubt, and Repairing the World
438
by Bob Abernethy (Editor), William Bole (Editor), Tom Brokaw (Foreword by)
Bob Abernethy
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PBS's Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, which Bob Abernethy conceived and anchors, has been described as "the best spot on the television landscape to take in the broad view of the spiritual dimension of American life . . ." by the Christian Science Monitor. "Finally," wrote the San Francisco Chronicle, "something intelligent on TV about religion." Now, together with his coauthor William Bole, Abernethy has turned his attention to making a book that asks all the big questions—and elicits the most surprising answers from a who’s-who of today’s serious religious and spiritual thinkers from across the spectrum of faiths and denominations.
In this thoughtful collection, extraordinary people give their personal and private accounts of their own spiritual struggle. Their insights on community, prayer, suffering, religious observance, the choice to live with or without a god, and the meanings that are gleaned from everyday life form an elegant meditation on the desire for something beyond what we can see and measure.
More than fifty contributors, including Jimmy Carter, Francis Collins, The Dalai Lama, Robert Franklin, Irving Greenberg, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Harold Kushner, Anne Lamott, Madeleine L’Engle, Thomas Lynch, Martin Marty, Mark Noll, Rachel Remen, Marilynne Robinson, Barbara Brown Taylor, Studs Terkel, Thich Nhat Hanh, Phyllis Tickle, Desmond Tutu, Jean Vanier, and Marianne Williamson.
In this thoughtful collection, extraordinary people give their personal and private accounts of their own spiritual struggle. Their insights on community, prayer, suffering, religious observance, the choice to live with or without a god, and the meanings that are gleaned from everyday life form an elegant meditation on the desire for something beyond what we can see and measure.
More than fifty contributors, including Jimmy Carter, Francis Collins, The Dalai Lama, Robert Franklin, Irving Greenberg, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Harold Kushner, Anne Lamott, Madeleine L’Engle, Thomas Lynch, Martin Marty, Mark Noll, Rachel Remen, Marilynne Robinson, Barbara Brown Taylor, Studs Terkel, Thich Nhat Hanh, Phyllis Tickle, Desmond Tutu, Jean Vanier, and Marianne Williamson.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781609800000 |
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Publisher: | Seven Stories Press |
Publication date: | 01/04/2011 |
Sold by: | Penguin Random House Publisher Services |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 438 |
File size: | 2 MB |
About the Author
BOB ABERNETHY is the executive editor and host of Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, which he developed and created for PBS in 1997. Before launching the series, he had served as a correspondent for NBC News for more than four decades, reporting from Washington, Los Angeles, London, and Moscow. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
WILLIAM BOLE’s articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Commonweal magazines. A research fellow of the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University and an editorial consultant at Boston College, he lives in Andover, Massachusetts.
WILLIAM BOLE’s articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Commonweal magazines. A research fellow of the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University and an editorial consultant at Boston College, he lives in Andover, Massachusetts.
Table of Contents
Foreword Tom Brokaw xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction Bob Abernethy 1
The Meaning Makers 5
Limning the Rites of Death Thomas Lynch 9
Staring Down the Gods of War Chris Hedges 17
Exposing the Spiritual Crisis of Modern Medicine Rachel Remen 25
More Than Is Dreamt of in Your Theologies Marilynne Robinson John Polkinghorne 31
Naming the Real Marianne Williamson Tilden Edwards 37
Discovering Things Nobody Knew Before but God Francis Collins 41
Waltzing with the God of Chaos Barbara Brown Taylor 47
The Meaning of Mud Phyllis Tickle 53
Evil and Suffering 57
A Faith Difficult to Understand Menachem Daum 61
Easing the Divine Suffering Irving Greenberg 67
Evil Acts, Sacred Places Edward Linenthal 75
Like Living in the Book of Job Thomas Lynch 87
Damning the Disease, Not (Ultimately) the Deity William Abernethy 91
Smells Like Hope Madeleine L'engle 95
Redeeming the Devil Desmond Tutu 101
Hope Dies Last Studs Terkel 105
Prayer and Meditation 111
The World's Prayers Carol Zaleski Philip Zaleski 115
Through the Valley of the Shadow Harold Kushner 123
The Former President on Unanswered Prayer Jimmy Carter 129
Warming Oneself Before the Glow of God Desmond Tutu 133
Talking to God Straight and Angry Stanley Hauerwas 135
On Wintry Spirituality and Napping Martin Marty 139
Praise Every Three Hours Phyllis Tickle 143
The Jesus Prayer and Praying with Icons Frederica Mathewes-Green 147
The Hum of the Universe, in a Minor Key Robert Wuthnow 151
Finding God's Presence in Darkness Ellwood "Bud" Kieser 155
"I'm Spiritual, not Religious" 159
On the Altar of Consciousness Marilyn McGuire 163
Unlearning Religion Marianne Williamson 171
Blessing the Doubters Barbara Brown Taylor 177
With or Without Religion Phyllis Tickle 181
We're Spiritual and Religious Tilden Edwards Tina Brown 185
Religion Makes Hospice Calls Martin Marty 191
The Good, without God Rushworth Kidder 195
Being Religious 203
Catholicism
All Is Gift Eileen Durkin 207
Eileen's Uncle and His Catholic Imagination Andrew Greeley 217
Stuff Counts George Weigel 223
Evangelicalism
Is God Still the Center? Mark Noll 229
The Inerrant, Infallible Word of God Richard Land 235
The Genius of Evangelicalism Randall Balmer 241
Who Is Winning-Evangelicals or American Culture? Alan Wolfe 245
Mainline Protestantism
God Is Not Going to Whomp You Martin Marty 249
Vital Signs Diana Butler Bass 257
The African-American Church
Safe Harbors and Defiant Spirituality Robert Franklin 263
Judaism
The Miracle of Existence Blu Greenberg 269
Reading the Book of Our Life Alan Lew Abraham Lubin Joel Tessler 279
The Soul Is Hovering Rochel Berman 285
Islam
Bearing Witness to the One God Seyyed Hossein Nasr 289
The Haji Abdul Alim Mubarak 297
Buddhism
A Message from the Dalai Lama$dThe Dalai Lama 305
Being Mindful and Engaged Thich Nhat Hanh 309
The Smaller Sufferings Helen Tworkov 315
Hinduism
Many Deities, One God Uma Mysorekar 323
Paths Up the Mountain 331
The Measure of Diversity Diana Eck 335
Many Paths, Many Ways Alan Wolfe 343
Evangelizing by Deed Jimmy Carter 347
The Only Way to Heaven James Merritt 351
Is Every Truth True? Robert Wuthnow 355
Our Great Challenge Seyyed Hossein Nasr 359
The Passions of Jerusalem David Hartman 363
Lives Well Lived 367
Where the Weak and the Strong Dance Together Jean Vanier 371
"Oh, Annie, Whatever" Anne Lamott 379
No Return Scott Neeson 389
Changing Your Social Footprint Rajiv Vin Nakota 395
Healing Body and Spirit Scott Morris 403
The Cathedral of Charity Billy Shore 409
Raging against Boredom William Sloane Coffin 415
Photo Credits 421
About the Editors 423
Index of Contributors 425
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