A generation of Americans, disillusioned with organized religion, still longs for meaning and transcendence. In The God of Wild Places, theologian and former pastor Tony Jones traces his own journey out of the church and into the woods, guiding readers to reflect on their own experience of the divine in the wilderness.
A generation of Americans, disillusioned with organized religion, still longs for meaning and transcendence. In The God of Wild Places, theologian and former pastor Tony Jones traces his own journey out of the church and into the woods, guiding readers to reflect on their own experience of the divine in the wilderness.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tony Jones is the author of numerous books, including Did God Kill Jesus? (HarperOne, 2016), , The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life (Zondervan 2010), and The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier (Fortress, 2019). Over the past decade, he has established himself as a highly respected outdoors writer and is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America; his articles regularly appear in the Outdoors section of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Outdoor News, and Pheasants Forever Journal, and he has appeared on various outdoors-oriented radio shows. His highly acclaimed series, "Boundary Waters Passage," appeared over the course of six weeks in the summer of 2019 in the Star Tribune and won the AP Sports Editors Award for Best Project (besting the New York Times and the Washington Post) and the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists award for Best Web Project. He has subsequently won several awards from the Outdoor Writers Association of America. He hosts the Reverend Hunter Podcast on the Talk North Network, which highlights interesting people seeking spiritual encounters in their outdoors pursuits. Tony is a sought-after speaker at conferences, churches, colleges, and graduate schools, and he serves as a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary. He teaches writing classes on memoir at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis and leads writers' retreats in Italy and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. He served as a theological consultant on the Hulu television show The Path starring Aaron Paul. He lives in Minnesota with his three children, his spouse, and their dogs.
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Introduction Chapter One: Vestments Chapter Two: Peace Chapter 3: Place Chapter 4: Companions Chapter Five: Predator Chapter Six: Failure Chapter Seven: Risk Chapter Eight: Meat Acknowledgments Notes Index About the Author