The Spirituality of Imperfection
Storytelling and the Search for Meaning
$31.05
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
31 March 1999
Summary
“I Am Not Perfect” is a simple statement of profound truth, the first step toward understanding the human condition, for to deny your essential imperfection is to deny yourself and your own humanity. The spirituality of imperfection, steeped in the rich traditions of the Hebrew prophets and Greek thinkers, Buddhist sages, and Christian disciples, is a message as timeless as it is timely.
This insightful work draws on the wisdom stories of the ages to provide an extraordinary wellsprin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553371321 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0553371320 |
| Author: | Ernest Kurtz, Katherine Ketcham |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 1999 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 133mm x 210mm |
Critics Review
“An
“An inspiring guide, offering comfort…to those who want to stop striving for perfection and start living.”–Publishers Weekly
“A brilliant anthology of wisdom stories from all the great traditions centered around a most compelling and discerning issue.”–M. Scott Peck
Ernest Kurtz
Ernest Kurtz was the author of Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous; A.A.: The Story; and Shame and Guilt. He held a Ph.D. in the history of American civilization from Harvard and was affiliated with the Center for Self-Help Research at the University of Michigan. He died in 2015.
Katherine Ketcham has been writing nonfiction books for forty years. Her work has been published in seventeen foreign languages and has sold nearly two million copies. She founded and serves on the board of a grassroots nonprofit organization called Trilogy Recovery Community, which helps youth and their family members dealing with alcohol and other drug problems. Ketcham lives in Walla Walla, Washington.
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