Grateful: The Transformative Power Of Giving Thanks
by Diana Butler Bass /
2018 / English / PDF
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More and more people are finding God beyond the walls of
traditional religious institutions, but these seekers often miss
the church community itself, including its shared spiritual
practices such as gratitude. While four out of five Americans have
told pollsters they feel gratitude in their daily lives, cultural
commentator and religion expert Diana Butler Bass finds that claim
to be at odds with the discontent that permeates modern
society.
More and more people are finding God beyond the walls of
traditional religious institutions, but these seekers often miss
the church community itself, including its shared spiritual
practices such as gratitude. While four out of five Americans have
told pollsters they feel gratitude in their daily lives, cultural
commentator and religion expert Diana Butler Bass finds that claim
to be at odds with the discontent that permeates modern
society.
There is a gap, she argues, between our desire to be grateful and
our ability to behave gratefully -- a divide that influences our
understanding of morality, worship, and institutional religion
itself. In
There is a gap, she argues, between our desire to be grateful and
our ability to behave gratefully -- a divide that influences our
understanding of morality, worship, and institutional religion
itself. InGrateful
Grateful, Bass challenges readers to think about
the impact gratitude has in our spiritual lives, and encourages
them to make gratitude a ''difficult and much-needed spiritual
practice for our personal lives and to make a better world.''
, Bass challenges readers to think about
the impact gratitude has in our spiritual lives, and encourages
them to make gratitude a ''difficult and much-needed spiritual
practice for our personal lives and to make a better world.''
Gratitude is partially an individual, emotional response to our
circumstances, but research has shown that what we often miss is
how much more it is a communal, actionable response. Bass examines
this more unexpected experience of gratitude, and reveals how
people and communities can practice it and thrive, whether or not
they are part of a traditional religious community.
Gratitude is partially an individual, emotional response to our
circumstances, but research has shown that what we often miss is
how much more it is a communal, actionable response. Bass examines
this more unexpected experience of gratitude, and reveals how
people and communities can practice it and thrive, whether or not
they are part of a traditional religious community.
