The Resource Why religion? : a personal story, Elaine Pagels
Why religion? : a personal story, Elaine Pagels
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The item Why religion? : a personal story, Elaine Pagels represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- "Why does religion still exist in the twenty-first century? And why do so many people -- even, and especially, those who challenge religion -- continue to argue about the questions it raises? What purpose does it serve in our lives? These questions took on a new urgency for Pagels when she was dealing with unimaginable loss: the death of her young son, followed a year later by the shocking loss of her husband. Here she interweaves her personal story with the work she loves -- illuminating how, for better and worse, religious traditions have shaped how we understand ourselves; how we relate to one another; and, most important, how we get through our most difficult challenges. In the process, Pagels opens up unexpected ways of understanding this stubbornly persistent aspect of our culture. A provocative and deeply moving memoir from one of the most compelling religious thinkers at work today, Why Religion? explores the spiritual dimension of human experience"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xv, 235 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Why religion?
- Love and work
- A lifetime
- Going on
- Unimaginable
- Life after death
- Wrestling with the Devil
- Listening to thunder
- Isbn
- 9780062368539
- Label
- Why religion? : a personal story
- Title
- Why religion?
- Title remainder
- a personal story
- Statement of responsibility
- Elaine Pagels
- Subject
-
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious
- Biography
- Pagels, Elaine H, 1943-
- Pagels, Elaine H, 1943-
- Religion and sociology
- Autobiographies
- Religion historians
- Religion historians -- United States -- Biography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion
- United States
- Religion and sociology
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Why does religion still exist in the twenty-first century? And why do so many people -- even, and especially, those who challenge religion -- continue to argue about the questions it raises? What purpose does it serve in our lives? These questions took on a new urgency for Pagels when she was dealing with unimaginable loss: the death of her young son, followed a year later by the shocking loss of her husband. Here she interweaves her personal story with the work she loves -- illuminating how, for better and worse, religious traditions have shaped how we understand ourselves; how we relate to one another; and, most important, how we get through our most difficult challenges. In the process, Pagels opens up unexpected ways of understanding this stubbornly persistent aspect of our culture. A provocative and deeply moving memoir from one of the most compelling religious thinkers at work today, Why Religion? explores the spiritual dimension of human experience"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pagels, Elaine H.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BL43.P34
- LC item number
- A3 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Pagels, Elaine H
- Pagels, Elaine H
- Religion historians
- Religion and sociology
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Religion and sociology
- Religion historians
- United States
- Label
- Why religion? : a personal story, Elaine Pagels
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Why religion? -- Love and work -- A lifetime -- Going on -- Unimaginable -- Life after death -- Wrestling with the Devil -- Listening to thunder
- Control code
- 1059513469
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xv, 235 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062368539
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1059513469
- Label
- Why religion? : a personal story, Elaine Pagels
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Why religion? -- Love and work -- A lifetime -- Going on -- Unimaginable -- Life after death -- Wrestling with the Devil -- Listening to thunder
- Control code
- 1059513469
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xv, 235 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062368539
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1059513469
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious
- Biography
- Pagels, Elaine H, 1943-
- Pagels, Elaine H, 1943-
- Religion and sociology
- Autobiographies
- Religion historians
- Religion historians -- United States -- Biography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion
- United States
- Religion and sociology
- Autobiographies
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