MSI Press Blog

  What is a book jewel? A sometimes-overlooked book with remarkable insight and potential significance. Each month, we share near-daily, or as often as possible, reviews of the monthly book jewel - short, succinct reviews that can be read in 1-2 minutes with links to the reviewer by reviewers whose words are worthy of being heard and whose opinions are worthy of being considered. Sometimes a couple of minutes contains more impressive thought than ten times that many. We will let you decide that. This month's book jewel is A Theology for the Rest of Us by Arthur Yavelberg. Description: If God exists and is good, why is there evil? Avoiding such questions underlies the spiritual emptiness and anxiety in today's world. A Theology for the Rest of Us explores how to approach the divine through Eastern and Western religious traditions without dogma, challenging readers to "be you lamps unto yourselves." In a time of internecine wars and all kinds of abuse of authority and ...

    In an age of dizzying scientific discovery and cultural fragmentation, it’s natural to feel both awed and unmoored. Telescopes peer deep into the fabric of time, quantum physics reshapes our grasp of cause and effect, and news cycles bombard us with suffering, division, and disillusionment. Many thoughtful people are asking:  Where is the divine in all of this?  Or perhaps more urgently:  Can there be any coherent spiritual path that still makes sense today? Arthur Yavelberg’s award-winning book,  A Theology for the Rest of Us , offers a resounding “yes”—but without the dogma, division, or prepackaged answers that turn so many away from organized religion. Rather than demanding belief or allegiance, this book invites  contemplation —of existence, of meaning, of our place in the universe. Drawing insight from both Eastern and Western traditions, from Taoism to Christianity, Buddhism to Enlightenment philosophy, and from modern thinkers like Alan Wat...

    In an age of dizzying scientific discovery and cultural fragmentation, it’s natural to feel both awed and unmoored. Telescopes peer deep into the fabric of time, quantum physics reshapes our grasp of cause and effect, and news cycles bombard us with suffering, division, and disillusionment. Many thoughtful people are asking:  Where is the divine in all of this?  Or perhaps more urgently:  Can there be any coherent spiritual path that still makes sense today? Arthur Yavelberg’s award-winning book,  A Theology for the Rest of Us , offers a resounding “yes”—but without the dogma, division, or prepackaged answers that turn so many away from organized religion. Rather than demanding belief or allegiance, this book invites  contemplation —of existence, of meaning, of our place in the universe. Drawing insight from both Eastern and Western traditions, from Taoism to Christianity, Buddhism to Enlightenment philosophy, and from modern thinkers like Alan Wat...

    In an age of dizzying scientific discovery and cultural fragmentation, it’s natural to feel both awed and unmoored. Telescopes peer deep into the fabric of time, quantum physics reshapes our grasp of cause and effect, and news cycles bombard us with suffering, division, and disillusionment. Many thoughtful people are asking:  Where is the divine in all of this?  Or perhaps more urgently:  Can there be any coherent spiritual path that still makes sense today? Arthur Yavelberg’s award-winning book,  A Theology for the Rest of Us , offers a resounding “yes”—but without the dogma, division, or prepackaged answers that turn so many away from organized religion. Rather than demanding belief or allegiance, this book invites  contemplation —of existence, of meaning, of our place in the universe. Drawing insight from both Eastern and Western traditions, from Taoism to Christianity, Buddhism to Enlightenment philosophy, and from modern thinkers like Alan Wat...