Author: DeCort, Andrew
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 240
Release Date: 14-11-2022
Details: "This book is subtle and radical… you open your heart enough, it will introduce you to a new worldview, and maybe even change your world." (Eboo Patel, Founder and President, Interfaith America)
Flourishing on the Edge of Faith is a passionate meditation on the profound significance of Jesus's prayer, the Lord’s Prayer. With years of study, teaching, and peacemaking around the world, Dr. Andrew DeCort uncovers Jesus's radical vision for human flourishing in the face of suffering and violence. Wherever you are on the edge of faith, this book will meet your questions with honesty and hope.
People are leaving traditional religion in droves and wonder if they can rediscover a faith that responds to their deepest questions and nourishes authentic flourishing. I’m one of them and wrote this book out of my own experience of voluntary displacement from any traditional religious community. I’ve worked around the world as a pastor, professor, and peace practitioner in conflict zones. But mainly, I’m a fellow human being with my own burning questions, intimate pain, and unrelenting desire for flourishing in our shared universe.
I believe the spiritual practices shared in this book can revitalize our faith, fuel inclusive belonging, and sustain our most radical hopes, even when we fear everything is lost. Some of the people I most wildly respect – Christians, atheists, Muslims, Jews, journalists, therapists, medical doctors, entrepreneurs, addicts – have said this book inspired them or made them cry or gave them hope or helped them heal. I share it with you in the hope that it will energize and expand your flourishing in fresh and surprising ways. Thank you for joining me in this journey.
"This book is at once comforting and discomfiting in a deeply personal way. I confront the devastation of war every day, and so I keep a poster on my office wall that reminds me, 'Don't be ashamed to stand for peace.' Whether you're a believer or not, Flourishing on the Edge of Faith will give you the shameless courage necessary to stand for peace." (Dr. Alex de Waal, President, World Peace Foundation)
"Flourishing's fresh, blazing, Jesus-intoxicated spiritual vision can speak to everyone. Andrew is one of the most inspired, and inspiring, Christian thinkers and practitioners that I know anywhere in the world." (Rev. Dr. David Gushee, past President, The American Academy of Religion and The Society of Christian Ethics)
"I am an atheist, would never dream of praying, and believe that religion has wrought much evil in the world. But Flourishing on the Edge of Faith embodies the kind of Christianity that I do not hesitate to get behind." (David Livingstone Smith, author of On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It)
"Flourishing on the Edge of Faith is a guidebook for the soul." (Michael Fishbane, Distinguished Service Professor of Jewish Studies Emeritus, University of Chicago)
EAN: 9781958865033
Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
Languages: English
