All That's Holy: A Young Guy, an Old Car, and the Search for God in America

by Tom Levinson

There's nothing more American than a road trip- and a spiritual road trip at that. From mosque to synagogue to chapel to coffee shop, Tom Levinson's entertaining and erudite stories of conversations... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787961663
• ISBN13: 9780787961664
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

All that's right about religion in America

All That's Holy will make you question nearly every belief you've ever held about religion and your own personal faith - but in a good way. Levinson's conversations with strangers across the country and his exploration of his own religious leanings is the quintessential pilgrimage story, with one small exception: this time you'll actually care. Whether you're "religious" or "definitely not," All That's Holy presents an entertaining and insightful survey of religion in America today. And besides, any book that has the author's grandmother quoted on the back alongside nationally best-selling authors is a keeper.

FANTASTIC!

What a great book! I just finished it last night, and I'm recommending it to all my friends. Refreshing, funny, poignant--this is truly an enjoyable read.

Wonderful! When do we get a sequel?

If you buy this book I promise you won't be able to put it down once you start reading it. The places Mr. Levinson visits and the encounters he describes are so interesting, fun, and witty that you'll find yourself wishing you could have been his traveling companion. The next best thing to that is joining the author in spirit while reading about his journey. Although motivated by a desire to understand what drives people's religious beliefs, Mr. Levinson uncovers a lot about American society in general that transcends religious tendencies.So, if you enjoyed Jack Kerouac's On the Road do yourself a favor and buy this book, too.

AutoEpiphanies

This book is a discursive traveling review of religion and faith in America. A young man discovers himself and his own faith as much as he discovers those that compose the fabric of our nation. De Tocqueville mixed with Kerouac, Levinson writes in language that everyone can understand: intimate, fresh, vibrant and realistic. A dashboard confessional of emotion and personal trials in an attempt to provide the reader with a telephoto lens of American religious belief and deity worship. Levinson shares not only his happiest and most triumphant moments, but also his failures and own shortcomings in a successful and winning method of connecting the reader to the author's subject. One cannot help but become ensconced as Levinson's 1994 Nissan becomes the vehicle in which the reader gets to visit a death row inmate in the Southeast, Wiccan congregations in Texas and Coffee Churchs in Seattle. A beautifully written didactic study that is both engaging and poignant, all smiles and tears. A brilliant study of enlightenment through pilgrimage and a redefinition of what makes something holy.