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Author Pagels, Elaine H., 1943- author.

Title Why religion? : a personal story / Elaine Pagels.

Publisher New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, c2018.

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ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS
 Eagle River adult nonfiction  921 PAG    AVAILABLE
 Hayward adult and young adult nonfiction  270.092 PAC    AVAILABLE
 Superior adult nonfiction  921 P146p Pagels, Elaine    AVAILABLE
Edition First edition.
Descript xv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Nonfiction.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Why religion? -- Love and work -- A lifetime -- Going on -- Unimaginable -- Life after death -- Wrestling with the Devil -- Listening to thunder.
Summary "Why does religion still exist in the twenty-first century? And why do so many people -- even, and especially, those who challenge religion -- continue to argue about the questions it raises? What purpose does it serve in our lives? These questions took on a new urgency for Pagels when she was dealing with unimaginable loss: the death of her young son, followed a year later by the shocking loss of her husband. Here she interweaves her personal story with the work she loves -- illuminating how, for better and worse, religious traditions have shaped how we understand ourselves; how we relate to one another; and, most important, how we get through our most difficult challenges. In the process, Pagels opens up unexpected ways of understanding this stubbornly persistent aspect of our culture. A provocative and deeply moving memoir from one of the most compelling religious thinkers at work today, Why Religion? explores the spiritual dimension of human experience"--Provided by publisher.
Subject Pagels, Elaine H., 1943-
Religion historians -- United States -- Biography.
Religion and sociology.
Genre Autobiographies.
ISBN/ISSN 0062368532
9780062368539