In this pamphlet, the author describes how he has come to live in the certainty of “a spirit which unites me in my best moments with something beyond myself, something I can admire and seek to emulate and embody, something which calls for an appropriate response, even when I do not give it.” (Pendle Hill website)

In this pamphlet, the author describes how he has come to live in the certainty of “a spirit which unites me in my best moments with something beyond myself, something I can admire and seek to emulate and embody, something which calls for an appropriate response, even when I do not give it.”

The author describes how he has come to live in the certainty of “a spirit which unites me in my best moments with something beyond myself, something I can admire and seek to emulate and embody, something which calls for an appropriate response, even when I do not give it.”

Warren thoughtfully develops a theology based, not on any traditional mythology, but on a scientific and rational description of the universe and human experience. He finds in all this an experience of feelings that are responses to what some call God and a realm of spirit. He finds that humans participate in creating the realm of the spirit, with expressions such as Bach's St Matthew Passion and Gospel music, that can move and lift us into the spiritual realm. And he concludes with a statement of what he finds inspiring in the Christian tradition, the Christian experiences that he finds reinforce and express his atraditional apprehension of the realm of the spirit. Warren's unusual approach and conclusions make for an interesting and sweet pamphlet, particularly helpful most likely to his fellow "skeptics," but also freshly insightful for more traditionally religious people. ( )

A rather dry and academically voiced consideration of the reliability and alternative interpretations of the Western, contemporary, Christian religious tradition. Cover by noted Quaker artist Fritz Eichenberg. ( )