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Waiting for God: The Spiritual Reflections of a Reluctant Atheist
Waiting for God The Spiritual Reflections of a Reluctant Atheist Author:Lawrence Bush Waiting for God is a probing examination of the Baby Boomer generation's embrace of spirituality. It is also a personal account of the author's lifelong spiritual quest as an atheist attracted by what religion has to offer, but unwilling to make a leap of faith. How did growing up with the Bomb influence a generation's view of science and s... more »pirit? What effects did psychedelic drugs have on American spirituality? What is the difference between open-mindedness and gullibility? Is God a necessary part of a religious life? Is atheism merely a negation of religious belief, or is it something more? Bush explores these issues both intellectually and personally, with a rare and courageous honesty. He describes his parents' atheism, his experiences with psychedelic drugs, his brother's conversion to Orthodox Christianity, and his own career in the world of liberal Judaism. WAITING FOR GOD grasps, from an atheist's perspective, the sense of human interconnection that defines contemporary spirituality and challenges for skeptics and humanists to provide spiritual leadership in a hungry age. At the conclusion of the book, Bush seems to have come full circle: He remains an atheist. He does not believe in God. But the reader cannot help feeling touched by Bush's deep spirituality.« less