The God of Wild Places by Tony Jones - 9781538184448

The God of Wild PlacesRediscovering the Divine in the Untamed Outdoors\nAuthor(s): Tony Jones\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9781538184448, 978-1538184448\nSynopsis\nA pastor walks out of the church and into the woods, in pursuit of the God he's lost.\n\nMillions of Americans, disillusioned with organized religion, yearn for meaning and transcendence in their lives, and many of them are finding that in nature. When pastor and theologian Tony Jones, [url] had his crisis of faith, brought on by personal trauma and broken relationships, he sought solace in the outdoors - paddling a canoe, hunting with his dog, butchering deer.\n\nWhen he walked out of the church and into the woods, he left the orderly pews and numbered hymns for chaotic spaces and untamed wilderness. And he re-discovered God a God who brings peace in the midst of storms, a God who lives in the community of our fellow creatures, a God w.