Spiritual Envy
An Agnostic's Quest
Novato, Calif. : New World Library, [2010]
Format: Book
Description: xiii, 249 pages ; 23 cm
As the host of one of National Public Radio's most popular interview programs, Michael Krasny has spent decades leading conversations on every imaginable topic and discussing life's most important questions with the foremost thinkers of our time. Now he brings his wide-ranging knowledge and perceptive intelligence to a thoughtful and thought-provoking exploration of belief -- and lack of belief.
Many books and pundits advocate for a specific God, while others adamantly declare there is no God. Yet these strident viewpoints often speak right past each other, rarely convincing anyone but the already convinced. In Spiritual Envy , Krasny helps believers and nonbelievers alike understand their own questions about faith and religion, about God and human responsibility.
Krasny challenges each of us to look closely at faith and its power, and to examine the positive and negative aspects of religion as expressed in culture, literature, and human relationships. Personal and universal, timely and timeless, this is a deeply wise yet warmly welcoming conversation, an invitation to ask one's own questions -- no matter how inconclusive the answers.
Many books and pundits advocate for a specific God, while others adamantly declare there is no God. Yet these strident viewpoints often speak right past each other, rarely convincing anyone but the already convinced. In Spiritual Envy , Krasny helps believers and nonbelievers alike understand their own questions about faith and religion, about God and human responsibility.
Krasny challenges each of us to look closely at faith and its power, and to examine the positive and negative aspects of religion as expressed in culture, literature, and human relationships. Personal and universal, timely and timeless, this is a deeply wise yet warmly welcoming conversation, an invitation to ask one's own questions -- no matter how inconclusive the answers.
Contents:
My God -- The Ten commandments and God's existence -- The Ten commandments and a code of one's own -- Where is God?: more on codes and God's place in mine -- God's identity -- The universe and the face of God -- Who are the agnostics? -- The force that is or isn't, and coincidences minus answers -- From nowhere to somewhere: spiritual envy -- Respect for the faithful, the faithless, and the wishy-washy -- Accursed time -- Escaping time -- Deliver us from evil -- Doing good -- Cosmic joking -- Separating the agnostics from the herds -- Peace unto thee and me, and an old Elvis top-ten hit -- Some final thoughts.
ISBN:
9781577319122 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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