
In the Absence of God
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He asks:
* How has religion failed us?.
* Must we choose between dogmatic religion and atheism?
* How might religion unite rather than divide us?
The answers, Keen discovers, point the way back to the primal emotions, to the life-giving sense of dwelling in the presence of the sacred..
In the Absence of God sets out to recover the elemental experience of the sacred in everyday life. By appreciating emotions like wonder, gratitude, anxiety, joy, grief, reverence, compassion, outrage, hope and humility we may once again find ourselves in the presence of an unknowable but all present G-D. We may also regain the commonalities between Christians, Jews, Muslims, and other spirit traditions and end the contentious differences that have divided them and our world.
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Content
- Intro
- Other Books by this Author
- Title Page
- Contents
- Prologue: The God-Shaped Vacuum
- Chapter 1 - Idolatrous Gods and Profane Ideologies
- A Preview of the Journey's Itinerary
- Chapter 2 - The Desert: Retreat and Renewal
- Solitude: Escape from Established Religion and Cultural Mindmeld
- Silence: A Sanctuary Within the Void
- Slaying the Speed Demon: Holy Leisure
- Meetings with Dark Angels: Repentance and Confession
- Blessed Doubt: The Virtues of Agnosticism
- Verbal Fasting: A Moratorium on Hallowed Words
- The Never-Ending Journey: Loving the Questions
- Chapter 3 - The Hidden Oasis
- Remembering Eden
- The Quickened Life
- Epiphanies and Sacred Visions
- Exploring the Primal Unconscious
- Chapter 4 - Remembering Elemental Emotions
- Wonder/Awe
- Gratitude
- Anxiety/Dread
- Joy
- Grief/Mourning
- Reverence
- Empowerment
- Potentiality/Purpose/Vocation
- Empathy/Compassion
- Sacred Outrage
- Hope
- Trust
- Humility
- Chapter 5 - God Talk and Sacred Nonsense
- Prayers to an Absent G-d
- On Speaking about G-d
- Metaphors, Myths, and Metaphysical High Jumps
- A Festival of Naming
- Chapter 6 - Rites, Rituals, and Sacraments
- Chapter 7 - Communities of Concern and the Quest for Justice
- Enacting Justice
- Principles of Justice
- Ecological Justice
- Political Justice
- Economic Justice
- Agents of Justice
- Violence: Sacred Vision and Tragic Action
- Epilogue: The Re-enchantment of Everyday Life
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright
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