Grateful: The Transformative Power Of Giving Thanks
- Autor: Diana Butler Bass
- Narrador: Diana Butler Bass
- Editora: HarperCollins USA
- Duração: 7:51:14
Sinopse
The author of the multiple award-winning Grounded and leading trend spotter in contemporary Christianity explores why gratitude is missing as a modern spiritual practice, offers practical suggestions for reclaiming it, and illuminates how the shared practice of gratitude can lead to greater connection with God, our world, and our own souls.
More and more people are finding God beyond the walls of traditional religious institutions, but these seekers often miss the church community itself, including its shared spiritual practices such as gratitude. While four out of five Americans have told pollsters they feel gratitude in their daily lives, cultural commentator and religion expert Diana Butler Bass finds that claim to be at odds with the discontent that permeates modern society.
There is a gap, she argues, between our desire to be grateful and our ability to behave gratefully—a divide that influences our understanding of morality, worship, and institutional religion itself. In Grateful, Bass challenges readers to think about the impact gratitude has in our spiritual lives, and encourages them to make gratitude a "difficult and much-needed spiritual practice for our personal lives and to make a better world."
Grateful is partially an individual, emotional response to our circumstances, but research has shown that what we often miss is how much more it is a communal, actionable response. Bass examines this more unexpected experience of gratitude, and reveals how people and communities can practice it and thrive, whether or not they are part of a traditional religious community.
Capítulos
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001 Grateful
Duração: 30s -
002 Dedication Quotes Confession No Thanks
Duração: 45min -
003 Part 01 Chapter 01
Duração: 45min -
004 Chapter 02
Duração: 51min -
005 Part 02 Chapter 03
Duração: 48min -
006 Chapter 04
Duração: 41min -
007 Part 03 Chapter 05
Duração: 35min -
008 Chapter 06
Duração: 51min -
009 Part 04 Chapter 07
Duração: 45min -
010 Chapter 08
Duração: 01h03min -
011 Epilogue
Duração: 40min -
012 Credits
Duração: 01min