The Soul of Christianity by Huston Smith is like talking with a friend on the journey to authentic Christian faith and practice. To quote from the book cover:
“In this elegant and passionate treatise, the dean of world religions defends the essentials of Christianity, the worlds largest religion. Bestselling author Huston Smith stakes out a path between that of culturally rigid, intolerant evangelical and fundamentalist Christianity and the nontranscendent, liberal Christianity. He presents a convincing argument for a vital alternative that is a deeper more authentic faith, a faith that guided the Church for its first thousand years.”
I’m only through the first chapter so I’ll probably be posting about my readings as the week goes on. My reaction thus far is “Oh thank you Jesus! The world isn’t quite so lonely when I have a freind who asks the same questions, who sees the essence of Christ and finds that we have abandoned that faith for so long.”
While my inner experience of the Holy continues to be rich and powerful, I still find that I long to experience this with others. I’ve rarely found that- for brief moments yes. But when it comes right down to it, this journey is pretty lonely. Perhaps it is the way it must be for no two people truly experience the intimacy of the Holy Almighty quite the same. For the moment, this book helps me to feel less alone.
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