Why religion? : a personal story

Pagels, Elaine H 1943- (author.).

Summary: "Why does religion still exist in the twenty-first century? And why do so many people -- even, and especially, those who challenge religion -- continue to argue about the questions it raises? What purpose does it serve in our lives? These questions took on a new urgency for Pagels when she was dealing with unimaginable loss: the death of her young son, followed a year later by the shocking loss of her husband. Here she interweaves her personal story with the work she loves -- illuminating how, for better and worse, religious traditions have shaped how we understand ourselves; how we relate to one another; and, most important, how we get through our most difficult challenges. In the process, Pagels opens up unexpected ways of understanding this stubbornly persistent aspect of our culture. A provocative and deeply moving memoir from one of the most compelling religious thinkers at work today, Why Religion? explores the spiritual dimension of human experience"--

Item details

ISBN: 9780062368539
ISBN: 0062368532
Physical Description: print
xv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Why religion? -- Love and work -- A lifetime -- Going on -- Unimaginable -- Life after death -- Wrestling with the Devil -- Listening to thunder.

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