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There is no god and he is always with you : a search for God in odd places / Brad Warner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Novato, California : New World Library, 2013Description: xv, 189 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1608681831 (pbk.)
  • 9781608681839 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Summary: ""Perspectives on the 'God-or-no-God' debate from an idiosyncratic Soto Zen priest. With stories from his years of Zen practice and his travels to countries such as Israel, Mexico, and Northern Ireland, Warner suggests that Buddhist practice 'is a way to approach and understand God without dealing with religion'"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "In his "intimate, funny, conversational style" (Library Journal), Brad Warner stage dives into the Sam Harris, Karen Armstrong, Christopher Hitchens mosh pit of the God or no God debate - and body surfs up with a typically provocative perspective. Warner was initially interested in Zen because he wanted to find God, but Zen Buddhism is usually thought of as godless. Warner travels around the world looking for insight and what he finds, in chapters like "Sam Harris Believes in God," "God Doesn't Have to Be Real to Exist," and "What God Wants," and through visits to places including Israel, Mexico, and Northern Ireland, is the belief that Buddhism "is a way to approach and understand God without dealing with religion." The fact that the book's title is Warner's mis-remembrance of a Zen monk's quote is emblematic of his profoundly engaging and idiosyncratic take on the ineffable power of the "ground of all being." "-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Can you be an atheist and still believe in God?
Can you be a true believer and still doubt?
Can Zen give us a way past our constant fighting about God?

Brad Warner was initially interested in Buddhism because he wanted to find God, but Buddhism is usually thought of as godless. In the three decades since Warner began studying Zen, he has grappled with paradoxical questions about God and managed to come up with some answers. In this fascinating search for a way beyond the usual arguments between fundamentalists and skeptics, Warner offers a profoundly engaging and idiosyncratic take on the ineffable power of the "ground of all being."

""Perspectives on the 'God-or-no-God' debate from an idiosyncratic Soto Zen priest. With stories from his years of Zen practice and his travels to countries such as Israel, Mexico, and Northern Ireland, Warner suggests that Buddhist practice 'is a way to approach and understand God without dealing with religion'"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

"In his "intimate, funny, conversational style" (Library Journal), Brad Warner stage dives into the Sam Harris, Karen Armstrong, Christopher Hitchens mosh pit of the God or no God debate - and body surfs up with a typically provocative perspective. Warner was initially interested in Zen because he wanted to find God, but Zen Buddhism is usually thought of as godless. Warner travels around the world looking for insight and what he finds, in chapters like "Sam Harris Believes in God," "God Doesn't Have to Be Real to Exist," and "What God Wants," and through visits to places including Israel, Mexico, and Northern Ireland, is the belief that Buddhism "is a way to approach and understand God without dealing with religion." The fact that the book's title is Warner's mis-remembrance of a Zen monk's quote is emblematic of his profoundly engaging and idiosyncratic take on the ineffable power of the "ground of all being." "-- Provided by publisher.

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