Stepping Out with the Sacred: Human Attempts to Engage the Divine
by Val Webb
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Val Webb describes in this book how humans have engaged the Divine across religions and centuries, through rituals, art, sacred places, language and song. Drawing on personal and observed experience of travel and meetings with strangers, Webb uses her anecdotes to supplement her analysis of centuries of theology, literature and travel writing. The sum effect is to remind us that we need as many stories as possible in order to engage the Sacred-beyond-description, even if only to remind us of show more the distance still to go and the limitless (and sometimes unsuccessful) journey. The result is an interwoven, vivid, and theologically reflective reading experience. show lessTags
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Australian theologian Dr. Val Webb holds a graduate degree in science and a Ph.D. in theology. She has taught religious studies in universities in both the United states and Australian and has written eleven books including Like Catching Water in a Net, human attempts in describe the Divine which won the religion category of the 2007 Best Books show more USA Awards. Her website is www.valwebb.com.au and her facebook page "Dr Val Webbb theoligan and author". show less
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- Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
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- 202.11 — Religion Religion Doctrines Objects of worship and veneration God, gods, goddesses, divinities and deities
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- BL473 .W383 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religious doctrines (General) Other
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