Working on God
by Winifred Gallagher
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Millions of Americans are finding it more and more difficult to apply the traditional demands of organized religion to their lives, and yet a complete absence of spirituality leaves them uneasy. Working on God is a book for and about such intelligent, independent people, who are seeking to reconcile their spiritual yearnings with their skeptical intellects. Winifred Gallagher, a behavioral-science reporter, began her investigation of religion in our postmodern age with research and show more interviews and soon discovered a vast, quiet revolution under way among ordinary men and women grappling with the sacred. Both Gallagher's brilliant journalistic inquiry and her very personal journey unfold over time spent in a Zen monastery and a cloistered convent, in small-group discussions and healing rituals, in a Conservative synagogue that shares spaces with a Christian church, and in the birthplace of the New Age. Written with humor, empathy, and a rigorous curiosity, Working on God breaks new ground in depicting the broad-based spiritual movement that is transforming many lives. show lessTags
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Gallagher's titles all seem very interesting to me, but she disappoints. This is neither a personal story nor a social survey, but a rather muddy stir of both. She pulls in much that seems irrelevent, but accomplishes the bulking up of what substance she offers into a publishable sized manuscript. But leaner would be better.
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Winifred Gallagher is an author and she has also written for numerous magazines. She lives in Manhattan and Long Eddy, New York. (Bowker Author Biography)
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Working on God
- Original publication date
- 1999
- Epigraph
- All the way to heaven is heaven. - Catherine of Siena.
- Dedication
- For Winifred McCann and Thomas Gallagher
- First words
- This is a book for people who aren't sure about religion.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)If there's a better way to live, I don't know of it. I intend to keep working on God.
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 200.973 — Religion The Bible & Christianity Religion History, geographic treatment, biography North America United States
- LCC
- BL2525 .G33 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism History and principles of religions American
- BISAC
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- Members
- 130
- Popularity
- 251,214
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (2.83)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 1
