The New Believers: Re-Imagining God
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On Sale:
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24/09/2003
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Formats:
Trade paperback
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The New Believers analyses the contemporary spiritual trends, including
- the quest for God in the Self,
- the rise of Jesus the wise sage
- the search for an ecological vision in the Bible
- the celebration of the Goddess
- the popularisation of Kabbalah
- the scientific contribution to morality
- the social costs of romanticised and rigid religion
Rachael Kohn is the presenter and executive producer of The Spirit of Things and The Ark on ABC Radio National and a former university lecturer in ReligiousStudies.
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Author Extras
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Critical Praise for
The New Believers: Re-Imagining God
"An excellent guide to the contemporary world of spiritual exploration"
- Michael McGirr, The Age
"Rachael Kohn′s book is a breath of fresh air...a work on religion with insight, wisdom, wit - and appropriate irony."
- David Tacey, The Bulletin.
"Dr Kohn offers to those who have the eyes to see a new pathway into a religious future that is real. It might be religion′s last chance."
- John Shelby Spong
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