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Spiritual Envy An Agnostic's Quest

Krasny, Michael; Oates, Joyce Carol
ISBN-10: 1577319125
ISBN-13: 9781577319122

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Unlike recent authors who emphatically say "No!" or "Yes!" to God, Michael Krasny is among the millions who know they don't know. As a radio host, college professor, and literary scholar, he has spent decades leading conversations on every imaginable topic. He's discussed life's most important questions with the foremost thinkers in virtually every discipline.
And yet answers to some questions, the big, 3:00-in-the-morning questions, elude him. Pondering them in this book, Krasny is a pure seeker, one who doesn't discount belief systems or ridicule faith. His quest is informed by the full power of our cultural heritage: artists, scientists, world events, and even films. He takes readers on an exploration of morality, mortality, why we do good, and why evil sometimes triumphs. 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.
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Foreword
Introduction
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
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author

Joyce Carol Oates is one of the most eminent and prolific literary figures and social critics of our times. She has won the National Book Award and several O. Henry and Pushcart prizes. Among her other awards are an NEA grant, a Guggenheim fellowship, the PEN/Malamud Lifetime Achievement Award, and the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Lifetime Achievement in American Literature.

List price: $22.95
Edition: 2010
Publisher: New World Library
Binding: Trade Cloth
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.99 lbs.
Language: English

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