A Religion of Ones Own, Thomas Moore
A Religion of Ones Own, Thomas Moore
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A Religion of One's Own
A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World

Author: Thomas Moore

Narrator: Donald Corren

Unabridged: 9 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/09/2014


Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author and trusted spiritual adviser offers a follow-up to his classic Care of the Soul.

Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who’ve turned away from religious institutions—and others who have lived wholly without religion—hunger for more than what contemporary secular life has to offer but are reluctant to follow organized religion’s strict and often inflexible path to spirituality. In A Religion of One’s Own, bestselling author and former monk Thomas Moore explores the myriad possibilities of creating a personal spiritual style, either inside or outside formal religion.

Two decades ago, Moore’s Care of the Soul touched a chord with millions of readers yearning to integrate spirituality into their everyday lives. In A Religion of One’s Own, Moore expands on the topics he first explored shortly after leaving the monastery. He recounts the benefits of contemplative living that he learned during his twelve years as a monk but also the more original and imaginative spirituality that he later developed and embraced in his secular life. Here, he shares stories of others who are creating their own path: a former football player now on a spiritual quest with the Pueblo Indians, a friend who makes a meditative practice of floral arrangements, and a well-known classical pianist whose audiences sometimes describe having a mystical experience while listening to her performances. Moore weaves their experiences with the wisdom of philosophers, writers, and artists who have rejected materialism and infused their secular lives with transcendence.

At a time when so many feel disillusioned with or detached from organized religion yet long for a way to move beyond an exclusively materialistic, rational lifestyle, A Religion of One’s Own points the way to creating an amplified inner life and a world of greater purpose, meaning, and reflection.

About Thomas Moore

THOMAS MOORE is the New York Times bestselling author of Care of the Soul, as well as many other books on deepening soul and cultivating a mature spiritual life, three of which have received the Books for a Better Life Award. At turns he has been a monk, a musician, a university professor, and a psychotherapist. Today he lectures widely on creating a more soulful world and on spirituality. He lives in New Hampshire.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Patricia on December 08, 2013

Curiosity led me to pick up A Religion of One’s Own, since I’ve always felt my personal ‘religion’ is one I developed piecemeal, to meet my own innate beliefs. I had to discover what Dr. Moore had to say on the subject. Would he discount my ‘scrapbook spirituality’, or would I find justification wit......more

Goodreads review by Anita on December 01, 2015

This book is not a critique of formal religion, but about creating a religion of your own, even if you are a committed member of a particular religion. Here is his list of things to keep in mind in creating a religion of your own: 1. Redefine traditional terms and ideas. 2. Don't be too literal about......more

Goodreads review by Erik on September 14, 2016

I didn't like this book. What is it about Thomas Moore that bores and frustrates me? His topics are so important. This book tries to answer the question, How can a person integrate a personal form of religion that is courageous, deep-seated, fate-driven, informed, and intelligent? This seems so urgen......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on April 24, 2018

En lo que va del año es el libro más difícil que he leído, no porque este complicado de hecho es como estar tomando un café con un tío buena onda pero me ha enfrentado a miedos, dudas, ruptura de paradigmas. Si estás dispuesto hacer un viaje al análisis de tu propia espiritualidad te lo recomiendo en......more

Goodreads review by Amy on February 29, 2020

DNF. I find Thomas Moore to be condescending. In offering everything for one's personal religion, he really offers nothing of value here. Maybe I would've appreciated this book years ago. I walked away from the book halfway through with a list of random to do items - look at some art, walk in nature......more