How Can I Find God?: The Famous and the Not-So-Famous Consider the Quintessential Question

by James Martin

Book Overview

This vibrant collection brings together an array of voices addressing the question of how one might approach the search for God. With contributors from many faith traditions, this book will be of value to all who are seeking to answer the question, How Can I Find God?

Contributors include: Sr. Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking; Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago; Huston Smith, bestselling author and authority on world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764800906
• ISBN13: 9780764800900
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Liguori Publications
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

This is a keeper!

James Martin, as usual, has edited a wonderful book. I cannot say enough good things about this volume of insightful nuggets of faith-in-action. Each person, whether you know of them or not, provides a human vision of his or her relationship with the Creator of all. What is very nice about the way this is edited and presented is that it lends to many short reading opportunities. If you are someone who doesn't like to read very much or finds that the day is too busy to read any spiritual book of substance - fear not. This is an excellent book for any schedule. Each testimony is prefaced with a brief biography of the individual author and then you have the short text which is often not longer than 3 pages in length. Pick up this book and carry it with you. Leave it by the bed. Read a story now and then. Take it for the quiet time before church. Just read it!

God is looking for you

Believing in God and growing in faith are not once in a lifetime activities. Rather, belief in God and faith are something that grow and change over time. James Martin, editor of How Can I Find God? offers the reader many opportunities to reflect on who God is and how God can be found in life. Most of the people included in the book are from the Judeo Christian tradition, and most are Roman Catholic, which is logical since the publisher is a Catholic publishing house. Some of the people included are theologians, but others are writers, activists, political leaders, parish priests, and simply ordinary people--all trying to find God in life. Each entry gives the reader the sense that finding God is both a journey and a task, and no entry claims to have the correct answer. Readers can get a sense that as we search for God, we are not alone. Others have the same questions and concerns as we do. For this reason the stories are very helpful.The book is a great selection for a religious reading group. People who are in a preaching or teaching ministry will also find the book helpful. This book would probably not be helpful for people trying to prove God's existence, but it is very helpful to show that even if we do not always feel God's presence, God is in fact real and very much at work in our world.

Great survey of thinkers and believers on the search for God

I love books that make me feel good (with no moralizing). Contributors are rightfully humble in addressing the ultimate question. Good to hear the spirit alive in people of varying faiths. I passed it on to my mom and my friends, who loved it.

A truly outstanding group of interviews.

What an excellent job the editor has done in terms of bringing together the thoughts of philosophers, clerics, farmers, and even a jailed, cocaine-addicted young man all with their own story to tell and their most intimate thoughts to share. Mr. Martin's well-conceived cross-section of some 60-plus respondees to "the quintessential question" deserves special mention. I can recommend this little treasure highly.

Inspiring!

A varied and interesting discussion of individuals' view of God and his/her role in their lives. Where else can you find the late Cardinal Bernardin's thoughts intermingled with a Native American storyteller's or a prison inmate's? Truly inspirational.