Enlightenment Town: Finding Spiritual Awakening in a Most Improbable Place - Couverture souple

Paine, Jeffrey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1608685748 ISBN 13 : 9781608685745

Editeur : New World Library, 2018

Synopsis

Why has a tiny old mining town straight out of Gunsmoke or Deadwood -- Crestone, Colorado -- become home to twenty-five spiritual centers representing nearly all the brand-name faiths of the world? And what does this improbable fact mean? With the keen eye of a storyteller, the insights of a scholar, and the heart of a seeker, Jeffrey Paine narrates a truly unique adventure. He explores Crestone's wintry, oxygen-thin mountain geography; introduces a cast of lovably eccentric characters; and illuminates, through the multiple side-by-side religions, what underlies all faiths. In a world marked by fanaticism and fundamentalism, Paine finds in Crestone a remarkable dedication to coexistence, an intolerance for intolerance. Paradoxically, the town's amazing spiritual diversity highlights fundamental commonalities in a way that will strike and even inspire believers, agnostics, and searchers of every stripe.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jeffery Paine's writing has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Nation, and the New Republic. The author of Re-enchantment and Father India, he lives in Washington, DC.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New World Library
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1608685748
• ISBN 13: 9781608685745
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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