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Full of the ideas and affirmations on which bestselling author Harold Kushner has based his life, Who Needs God? will help readers bring depth and order to their lives through spirituality. It is a book for anyone who has ever stepped back and thought, "There must be more to life than this."
Here Kushner looks at the nourishment our souls crave, in much the same way that our bodies need the right foods, sunshine, and exercise. He maintains that, without some kind of spiritual nourishment, our souls remain stunted and underdeveloped. The spiritual life that was so prominent for people in the past is less accessible to us today -- because the world is so noisy and full of distractions, because we are so dazzled by our power and success, because religion in the new millennium is often badly packaged or presented by people we neither trust nor admire. Kushner shows us that the presence of God in our lives can make a difference, and that modern people are capable of prayer.
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Houston Post Down to earth...compelling and thoughtful.
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The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) Thoughtful...richly concrete...Kushner invites his readers to rethink the role of religion in their lives.
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Harold Kushner There is a kind of nourishment our souls crave, even as our bodies need the right foods, sunshine, and exercise.
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Newsweek In Who Needs God, Kushner glides thoughtfully and literately from Elie Wiesel to William James to African mythology to make his case for God's role in our lives. The most compelling argument, not surprisingly, is...that only religion provides answers that enable people to confront their mortality.
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Joyce Maynard Mademoiselle Here's a book about God and faith that is, surprisingly, ideal for the reader who has rejected religion.
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The Sun (Baltimore) Kushner remains superbly rational...likable and persuasive....No mystical tangents here, either traditional or New Age.
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Detroit Free Press There is a note of awe and humility in nearly all of his counseling, which has become a Kushner trademark. Listening rather than speaking in times of crisis and showing the need for morality rather than preaching about it are only two examples....Kushner is an author who speaks like an old friend of the family and promises never to mislead us with facile answers that fail to satisfy.
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The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) Kushner invites his readers to rethink the role of religion in their lives, as a way of seeing that it provides an alternative to the widespread emptiness they confront....Who Needs God is richly concrete and nuanced...sensitive and instructive.
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St. Louis Jewish Light Kushner powerfully explores the importance of God and religious faith in our daily lives. Who Needs God is written for all religions -- those who have either lost their faith, drifted away from organized religion, or have difficulty believing that religion can be important in the 20th century.
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Houston Post In his low-key, witty, wise-uncle style, Kushner argues most persuasively for the need of faith and religion in today's skeptical, anti-institutional climate.
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National Review A winsomely presented argument....Kushner, more than Peale or Schuller, is particularly attractive in his sensitivity to...those who are trying to come to terms with tragedy in their lives.
Synopsis
With the warmth, insight, and understanding that distinguished his phenomenal bestsellers When Bad Things Happen to Good People and How Good Do We Have to Be?, Rabbi Harold Kushner addresses a critical issue in the lives of many: a spiritual hunger that no personal success can feed.
If you have lost faith or have never known it, or if you have ever wondered What can religion offer? here are wise and thoughtful answers. Rabbi Kushner shows how religious commitment does have a place in our daily lives, filling a need for connection, joy, and community.
For anyone who has ever wanted a more fulfilling life or wished to make a difference in the lives of others...for anyone who has ever felt guilty, afraid, or alone...Rabbi Kushner shares a path to faith that offers new sources of comfort and strength for all of us. Powerful, provocative, and persuasive, Who Needs God is a message of universal appeal.
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If you have lost faith or have never known it, or if you have ever wondered "What can religion offer?" here are wise and thoughtful answers. With the warmth, insight, and understanding that distinguished his phenomenal bestsellers
When Bad Things Happen to Good People and
How Good Do We Have to Be?, Harold Kushner addresses a critical issue in the lives of many: a spiritual hunger that no personal success can feed. Rabbi Kushner shows how religious commitment does have a place in our daily lives, filling a need for connection, joy, and community.
For anyone who has ever wanted a more fulfilling life or wished to make a difference in the lives of others...for anyone who has ever felt guilty, afraid, or alone...Rabbi Kushner shares a path to faith that offers new sources of comfort and strength for all of us. Powerful, provocative, and persuasive, Who Needs God is a message of universal appeal.
About the Author
Harold Kushner has been a rabbi for more than thirty years. His bestselling books have helped millions of people find in faith a source of help for coping with life's problems.