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Savage, Michael, 1942- author.

God, faith, and reason / Michael Savage.

First edition.

New York : Center Street, 2017.

243 pages ; 22 cm

But rather than a dry, theological treatise, Savage provides something more akin to an ancient mystery text. Drawing on Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and other spiritual sources, as well as autobiographical material and highlights from his radio show, Savage shares a series of glimpses of God he has experienced over the whole of his life, before and after his groundbreaking radio career. Moving childhood stories, his dinner with an atheist and a Buddhist, an interview with a Jewish gangster and Savage's reflections on selected passages from ancient scriptures are just a few of the eclectic group of experiences and insights Savage shares in what is easily the most unique book on spirituality in decades. From his days as a boy growing up in New York City to many years searching for healing plants in the South Seas to his current incarnation as one of the most popular talk radio hosts in the world, Savage has been haunted by glimpses of the divine and struggled to find their meaning. Rather than trite, orthodox answers, GOD, FAITH, AND REASON presents the reader with one man's perceptions and consideration of the daily presence of God in the world around us and how the search to find God is the finding itself.

Savage, Michael, 1942- -- Religion.

Christianity.

Religion and culture -- United States.

Part I. Does God exist? -- Faith and reason -- Glimpses in literature -- Indignation -- Dinner with an atheist and a Buddhist -- It's impossible to prove that God does not exist -- Papers in the street -- A four-year-old's view of God -- Is god real? -- Where is God? -- Part II. God and nature -- The amulet -- How sensitive do you want to be? -- Dominion -- First fruits -- Part III. Scriptures -- Reverend Jerry Falwell debates Michael Savage -- Exodus 18:21 -- Exodus--the ten commandments -- An eye for an eye -- The Garden of Eden -- East of Eden -- Genesis 2:5 and 2:8 -- Genesis 2:18 -- From tennis to temple's tempest -- A covenant with all the ills of the world -- The power of the searcher -- Passion's power -- Lotus from the muck -- Part IV. God and country -- Halloween is bigger than Christmas -- Burning man -- The new Marrano Jews -- Guilt in religion--Hillary's sins washed away -- How revolutionaries kill God -- An unlikely choice -- Faith and freedom -- The meaning of Passover -- Buddhism: the religion of submission -- No man is an island -- Part V. God and man -- Lonesome boy on cold sand -- Five out of seven -- Jewish gangster finds God -- Loss -- The meaning of Hanukkah -- Witness to the first moment -- Dancing with chasids -- Jerome's story -- My father's death -- Rabbi in a brothel (a fable) -- The room with a view to eternity -- The savage duality of man: animal soul, spiritual soul -- God is everywhere.

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