The Church in an Age of Secular Mysticisms: Why Spiritualities Without God Fail to Transform Us

by Andrew Root

Book Overview

Post-Christian life and society do not eliminate a desire for the transcendent; rather, they create an environment for new and divergent spiritual communities and practices to flourish. We are flooded with spiritualities that appeal to human desires for nonreligious personal transformation. But many fail to deliver because they fall into the trap of the self.

In the last book of the Ministry in a Secular Age series, leading practical theologian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540966739
• ISBN13: 9781540966735
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"