A Faith Observed and Other Reflections

A Faith Observed and Other Reflections

I’ve been a non-believer, a believer and back again. These memoir pieces, meditations and rambles explore the history of my perspective shifts, and what I’ve learned about belief itself. The most important forms of faith, it now seems to me, are neither true nor false but merely meaningful. The nine titles are as follows: A Faith Observed: Sufism A Minor Faith Observed: "Natural" Medicine Non-Idealistic Medicine: Workers’ Compensation The Poetic State: Secular Spirituality Slantwise Reflections: Spirituality Uncategorized The Worship of the One-Third God: Awe as Limited Religion Einstein’s Muscles: Non-Supernatural Intuition The Origin of Life: Ideas with Spiritual Resonance Moral Paradox: Faith as Nightmare