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Iyer draws from years of visits he made to a Benedictine monastery in California for this singular meditation on silence as, among other things, a conduit between the self and community. Rendered in subtly powerful prose, the result sheds fresh light on the need for stillness in a noisy world.
Inspired by a midlife rediscovery of her own faith, Hurwitz takes a clear-eyed look at the forces that have shaped American Judaism into a more palatable, Christian-friendly religion that flattens tradition and severs Jews from their heritage. At once intimate and wide-ranging, it’s the year’s most trenchant analysis of the modern challenges facing an age-old faith.
Buchdal weaves into her riveting account of becoming the first ordained Asian American rabbi incisive commentary on the Jewish command to welcome strangers, the ways in which communities fall short of this principle, and how it might help bridge today’s social divides. The result is the rare religious memoir that resonates across faiths.
Stretching from the Paleothic era to the present, this sweeping history perceptively traces the evolution of shamanism and the core human needs underpinning it, particularly the yearning for mystery and the unknown. In the process, Singh offers keen psychological insight into why what he calls the world’s “oldest religion” persists in even the most ostensibly secular corners of Western society.
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In this ambitious history, Worthen charts how leaders from Marcus Garvey to Donald Trump have risen to power via a kind of charisma that suggests divine connection and ignites a nearly religious fervor in their supporters. Seamlessly blending religious, social, and political thought, it’s an enlightening reconsideration of faith and power.
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