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Berman, Phillip L.

 
9780345331717: Search for Meaning: Americans Talk About What They Believe and Why
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ISBN 10 : 0345331710 ISBN 13 : 9780345331717
Editeur : Ballantine Books, 1990

Synopsis

Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 451 pages; Description: xii, 451 p. : ports. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Interviews --United States. United States --Religion --1960-.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

“This thought-provoking oral history illuminates the vibrant panorama of values and beliefs that is shaping America.”—Coretta Scott King

What do Americans, as a people, believe in? What are the experiences that have transformed their lives? How does faith—in God, in human goodness, in politics, progress, money, or pleasure—illuminate our actions?
 
These are the questions that Phillip L. Berman asked when he set off on a four-year, 35,000-mile odyssey to chronicle America’s moral imagination. By the time he was through, he had spoken to some five hundred people from all walks of life. What they told him makes this engrossing and radiantly insightful book the first oral history of the religious and philosophical beliefs of contemporary Americans.
 
Vividly compelling in the extraordinary variety of its many voices, The Search for Meaning offers a full-scale portrait of the moral state of the union.

“Fascinating characters . . . colorful interviews . . . one of the most inspiring of its genre.”—San Francisco Chronicle

Biographie de l'auteur

Phillip L. Berman was educated in philosophy and religion at the University of California and at Harvard. He is the author of more than a dozen nonfiction books, among them The Courage of Conviction (nominated for the Kennedy Book Award) and, with Connie Goldman, The Ageless Spirit. He is founder and past-president of The Center for the Study of Contemporary Belief and a leading lecturer and writer on spiritual development over the course of the human life cycle. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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Éditeur
Ballantine Books
Date d'édition
1990
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0345331710
ISBN 13 
9780345331717
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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