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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Meaning Makers | |
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| Limning the Rites of Death | |
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| Staring Down the Gods of War | |
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| Exposing the Spiritual Crisis of Modern Medicine | |
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| More Than Is Dreamt of in Your Theologies | |
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| Naming the Real | |
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| Discovering Things Nobody Knew Before but God | |
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| Waltzing with the God of Chaos | |
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| The Meaning of Mud | |
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| Evil and Suffering | |
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| A Faith Difficult to Understand | |
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| Easing the Divine Suffering | |
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| Evil Acts, Sacred Places | |
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| Like Living in the Book of Job | |
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| Damning the Disease, Not (Ultimately) the Deity | |
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| Smells Like Hope | |
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| Redeeming the Devil | |
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| Hope Dies Last | |
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| Prayer and Meditation | |
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| The World's Prayers | |
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| Through the Valley of the Shadow | |
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| The Former President on Unanswered Prayer | |
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| Warming Oneself Before the Glow of God | |
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| Talking to God Straight and Angry | |
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| On Wintry Spirituality and Napping | |
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| Praise Every Three Hours | |
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| The Jesus Prayer and Praying with Icons | |
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| The Hum of the Universe, in a Minor Key | |
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| Finding God's Presence in Darkness | |
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| "I'm Spiritual, Not Religious" | |
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| On the Altar of Consciousness | |
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| Unlearning Religion | |
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| Blessing the Doubters | |
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| With or Without Religion | |
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| We're Spiritual and Religious | |
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| Religion Makes Hospice Calls | |
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| The Good, without God | |
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| Being Religious | |
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| Catholicism | |
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| All Is Gift | |
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| Eileen's Uncle and His Catholic Imagination | |
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| Stuff Counts | |
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| Evangelicalism | |
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| Is God Still the Center? | |
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| The Inerrant, Infallible Word of God | |
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| The Genius of Evangelicalism | |
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| Who Is Winning-Evangelicals or American Culture? | |
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| Mainline Protestantism | |
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| God Is Not Going to Whomp You | |
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| Vital Signs | |
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| The African-American Church | |
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| Safe Harbors and Defiant Spirituality | |
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| Judaism | |
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| The Miracle of Existence | |
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| Reading the Book of Our Life | |
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| The Soul Is Hovering | |
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| Islam | |
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| Bearing Witness to the One God | |
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| The Hajj | |
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| Buddhism | |
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| A Message from the Dalai Lama | |
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| Being Mindful and Engaged | |
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| The Smaller Sufferings | |
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| Hinduism | |
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| Many Deities, One God | |
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| Paths Up the Mountain | |
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| The Measure of Diversity | |
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| Many Paths, Many Ways | |
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| Evangelizing by Deed | |
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| Our Great Challenge | |
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| The Passions of Jerusalem | |
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| Lives Well Lived | |
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| Where the Weak and the Strong Dance Together | |
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| "Oh, Annie, Whatever" | |
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| No Return | |
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| Changing Your Social Footprint | |
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| Healing Body and Spirit | |
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| The Cathedral of Charity | |
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| Listen to Your Life | |
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| Raging against Boredom | |
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| Photo Credits | |
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| Index of Contributors | |
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| About the Editors | |