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Zusatztext "An adventurous and colorful portrait of what it means to be passionately American." Informationen zum Autor Kristin Hahn grew up in New Mexico, then moved to Los Angeles, where she spent a decade working in the television and film industry. With Shainee Gabel, Hahn wrote, produced, and filmed the acclaimed independent documentary Anthem and wrote the book based on the film. She currently lives in California with her husband and son. Klappentext After years as a Hollywood writer and filmmaker, Kristin Hahn felt a crisis of faith: she had no spiritual group she could call her own. Setting out on a three-year journey, she began an investigation of America's religious traditions, practices, and beliefs.Crisscrossing the nation, Hahn spent a week cloistered in prayer with convent nuns and a month of Ramadan fasting with Muslims. She went door-to-door with young Mormon missionaries and head-to-head with turbaned Sikh yogis. She sat through marathon meditations with Buddhist masters and spent days in conversation and ceremony with an 0jibwe medicine man. Her explorations exposed her to the rich, ancient culture of the Jews and brought her into the enclaves of Christian Scientists and Amish farmers, as well as the less traditional realms of Scientology, neopagan witchcraft, and the congregations of new-age gurus.And this was only the beginning.Openhearted, humorous, and always thoughtful, In Search of Grace offers nourishment for our spiritual hunger -- and a myriad of ways to find a religious home. Zusammenfassung After years as a Hollywood writer and filmmaker! Kristin Hahn felt a crisis of faith: she had no spiritual group she could call her own. Setting out on a three-year journey! she began an investigation of America's religious traditions! practices! and beliefs. Crisscrossing the nation! Hahn spent a week cloistered in prayer with convent nuns and a month of Ramadan fasting with Muslims. She went door-to-door with young Mormon missionaries and head-to-head with turbaned Sikh yogis. She sat through marathon meditations with Buddhist masters and spent days in conversation and ceremony with an 0jibwe medicine man. Her explorations exposed her to the rich! ancient culture of the Jews and brought her into the enclaves of Christian Scientists and Amish farmers! as well as the less traditional realms of Scientology! neopagan witchcraft! and the congregations of new-age gurus. And this was only the beginning. Openhearted! humorous! and always thoughtful! In Search of Grace offers nourishment for our spiritual hunger -- and a myriad of ways to find a religious home. ...
