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Quest of the Spirit: From Suffering to Acceptance

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Time 37h 56m

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God's spirit works in the lives of men during times of separation, suffering, conflict, and despair to provide solace, self-awareness, and hope. Through Quest of the Spirit,  one observes how  notable writers   learned the truth about themselves and  society, and promoted social change. Quest of the Spirit shows how the interrelationship of theology, psychology, and philosophy empowers us to face life as a succession of challenges .  Ideas from Einstein, Schopenhauer, Schweitzer, Toynbee, Born, Kierkegaard, Russell, Gandhi, Barth, Tillich, Bultmann, Buber, Lewis, Jung, Frankl,  Ayer, Hume, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Conrad, Spengler, Niebuhr, Jaspers, Heidegger, Newman, Carlyle, Lowry, Freud, Lawrence, Graham, Renan, Hardy . . .All Rights Reserved

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