A Religion of One's Own by Thomas Moore - ISBN: 9781592408849
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Craft your own spiritual path in a secular world.

A Religion of One's Own

A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World

$53.42

  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    25 February 2015

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Summary

From the bestselling author of the classic Care of the Soul and Dark Nights of the Soul, a guide to creating a personal spirituality in a secular world.

The bestselling author and trusted spiritual adviser offers a follow-up to his classic Care of the Soul.

Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who’ve turned away from religious institutions—and others who have lived wholly without religion—hunger for more than what contemporary secula…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781592408849
ISBN-10:1592408842
Author:Thomas Moore
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Gotham Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:25 February 2015
Weight:382g
Dimensions:23mm x 290mm x 136mm
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Critics Review

PRAISE FOR THE HARDCOVER
When [Moore] is read closely, his depth is apparent…he stands to make some new converts to the noninstitutional ranks of spirituality. — Publisher’s Weekly

”[A Religion of One’s Own] offers a new vision of how seekers can fashion their own connection to the sacred out of the materials of ancient faiths and everyday life.”
Psychology Today

“Practical suggestions for crafting one’s own religion.”
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

”[Moore’s] counsel is consistently sensible and affirming. This book should appeal to many of the unchurched, as well as the faithful across traditions.”
Library Journal

“When [Moore] is read closely, his depth is apparent…he stands to make some new converts to the noninstitutional ranks of spirituality.”
Publishers Weekly

[Moore] offers a new vision of how seekers can fashion their own connection to the sacred out of the materials of ancient faiths and everyday life. — Psychology Today

[Moore’s] counsel is consistently sensible and affirming. This book should appeal to many of the unchurched, as well as the faithful across traditions. — Library Journal

Practical suggestions for crafting one’s own religion. — Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

In these reductive and fundamentalist times, Thomas Moore asks us to question the workings of a sun-bright culture, which demands our happy, healthy productivity at perhaps the cost of our very soul. — Andre Dubus III, author of HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

Thomas Moore is one of the profound spiritual writers of our time. We’ve all been discouraged by neat, tidy self-help dogmatism, and Moore refuses to succumb to the commercialism of simplistic, superficial, and subjective solutions. Moore helps us see expectations and is always on the side of abundant life. — John Bradshaw, author of #1 New York Times bestseller HOMECOMING

Thomas Moore is an authentic example of a new kind of therapist–a doctor of the soul–which in our century has been in short supply. — Larry Dossey, MD, author of MEANING & MEDICINE and BEYOND ILLNESS

Thoughtful, elegant, inspiring. — San Francisco Chronicle

All of us go through troubled times, when we lie awake at night unable to sleep, wishing we had a comforting book to read. Now you do. DARK NIGHTS OF THE SOUL brings solace to the aching heart. — Marianne Williamson, author of EVERDAY GRACE and A RETURN TO LOVE

Thomas Moore is the master of conveying the insight that the dark times in our lives are not threats but friends and teachers. — Rabbii Harold Kushner, author of WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE

PRAISE FOR CARE OF THE SOUL

Many thanks to Thomas Moore for these profound and timely insights. …Genuinely inspirational.

Kevin McCarthy, Bloomsbury Review

Invigorating, demanding, and revolutionary. — Publisher’s Weekly

I soulfully recommend it without reservation. — John Bradshaw, author of HOMECOMING

About The Author

Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore was a monk for twelve years, a musician, a university professor, and a psychotherapist. He writes regularly for Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, Spirituality & Health, and Resurgence Magazine. He lectures widely on holistic medicine, spirituality, psychotherapy, and the arts. Moore has been awarded numerous honors, including the Humanitarian Award from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and an honorary doctorate from Lesley University. Thomas is the author of eighteen previous books, including Care of the Soul, Soul Mates, and Dark Nights of the Soul. He lives in New Hampshire.

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