About this title: The reader in search of spiritual guidance and elucidation will delight in THE BEST AMERICAN SPIRITUAL WRITING 2004. Philip Zaleski, seasoned editor of spiritual books and publications, has gathered a selection of the most outstanding recent works in this field. From Zen to Islam, from pan-Hindu to Jesuit study, this anthology collects a broad range of experiences and attitudes. Chosen from both mainstream and specialized periodicals, these essays, memoirs, and poems illustrate the numerous facets of American spirituality in the 21st century, addressing topics as diverse as the search for ...
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Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Near new. One turned page. Otherwise unmarked. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Best American Spiritual Writing (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 2005 ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780618586431ISBN:0618586431
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 210 p. Best American Spiritual Writing (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. softcover, light edge wear to covers, 2 dog ears, tiny bumped corners, no writing in text, light spine crease. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780618443031ISBN:0618443037
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very nice clean flat paperback with only the lightest hint of wear. pages clean and unmarked. 268 pages. very nice copy! read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 308 p. Best American Spiritual Writing (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. Book is slightly rippled otherwise in very good condition read more
Edition: 2005 ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780618586431ISBN:0618586431
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 210 p. Best American Spiritual Writing (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. Light handling wear. Faint mark of moisture across pg tops. read more
"The first couple pieces in this collection didn't impress me. They seemed to be advocating some sort of quasi-new-age spiritualtiy. Toward the middle, though, I found some pieces to get excited about. These include, but are not limited to: Joseph Bottom's "The End of Advent," on how to increase the meaning of Christmas by decreasing the time we spend in its festivities, Noah Feldman's "Orthodox Paradox," in which he discusses what it's like living as an orthodox Jew in our modern world -- I could relate to this one, being a Mormon, and living by a strict behavioral code myself -- Pico Iyer's "The Magic Mountain," about the intrusions of modern advertising culture on a mountain monastery in Japan, Thomas Lynch's "Into the Oblivion," an exploration of death and its meaning to the living, and Oliver Sack's "The Abyss," which I'm not sure is spiritual writing, but an interesting portrait of a man with no short term memory, nonetheless. There were so many more pieces worth reading, but unfortunately, I can't mention them all, or I'll just be giving an abbreviated Table of Contents. I don't much care for poetry, but my favorite poem of the collection is "I'm Never Sure about the Word 'Apotheosis,'" by Nick Samaras. This a collection worth reading and putting on your bookshelf."
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