Thomas Moore was a monk for twelve years, a musician, a university professor, and a psychotherapist. He writes regularly for Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, Spirituality & Health, and Resurgence Magazine. He lectures widely on holistic medicine, spirituality, psychotherapy, and the arts. Moore has been awarded numerous honors, including the Humanitarian Award from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and an honorary doctorate from Lesley University. Thomas is the author of eighteen previous books, including Care of the Soul, Soul Mates, and Dark Nights of the Soul. He lives in New Hampshire.
PRAISE FOR THE HARDCOVER
When [Moore] is read closely, his depth is apparent...he stands to
make some new converts to the noninstitutional ranks of
spirituality. -- Publisher's Weekly "[A Religion of One's Own]
offers a new vision of how seekers can fashion their own connection
to the sacred out of the materials of ancient faiths and everyday
life."
--Psychology Today "Practical suggestions for crafting one's own
religion."
--Monadnock Ledger-Transcript "[Moore's] counsel is consistently
sensible and affirming. This book should appeal to many of the
unchurched, as well as the faithful across traditions."
--Library Journal "When [Moore] is read closely, his depth is
apparent...he stands to make some new converts to the
noninstitutional ranks of spirituality."
--Publishers Weekly [Moore] offers a new vision of how seekers can
fashion their own connection to the sacred out of the materials of
ancient faiths and everyday life. -- Psychology Today [Moore's]
counsel is consistently sensible and affirming. This book should
appeal to many of the unchurched, as well as the faithful across
traditions. -- Library Journal Practical suggestions for crafting
one's own religion. -- Monadnock Ledger-Transcript In these
reductive and fundamentalist times, Thomas Moore asks us to
question the workings of a sun-bright culture, which demands our
happy, healthy productivity at perhaps the cost of our very soul.
-- Andre Dubus III, author of HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Thomas Moore is
one of the profound spiritual writers of our time. We've all been
discouraged by neat, tidy self-help dogmatism, and Moore refuses to
succumb to the commercialism of simplistic, superficial, and
subjective solutions. Moore helps us see expectations and is always
on the side of abundant life. -- John Bradshaw, author of #1 New
York Times bestseller HOMECOMING Thomas Moore is an authentic
example of a new kind of therapist--a doctor of the soul--which in
our century has been in short supply. -- Larry Dossey, MD, author
of MEANING & MEDICINE and BEYOND ILLNESS Thoughtful, elegant,
inspiring. -- San Francisco Chronicle All of us go through troubled
times, when we lie awake at night unable to sleep, wishing we had a
comforting book to read. Now you do. DARK NIGHTS OF THE SOUL brings
solace to the aching heart. -- Marianne Williamson, author of
EVERDAY GRACE and A RETURN TO LOVE Thomas Moore is the master of
conveying the insight that the dark times in our lives are not
threats but friends and teachers. -- Rabbii Harold Kushner, author
of WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE PRAISE FOR CARE OF THE
SOULMany thanks to Thomas Moore for these profound and timely
insights. ...Genuinely inspirational. -- Kevin McCarthy, Bloomsbury
Review Invigorating, demanding, and revolutionary. -- Publisher's
Weekly I soulfully recommend it without reservation. -- John
Bradshaw, author of HOMECOMING
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