Soul Boom
Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
In this New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller, comedic actor, producer, and writer Rainn Wilson explores the problem-solving benefits that spirituality gives us to create solutions for an increasingly challenging world.
The trauma that our struggling species has experienced in recent years—because of both the pandemic and societal tensions that threaten to overwhelm us—is not going away anytime soon. Existing political and economic systems are not enough to bring the change that the world needs. In this book, Rainn Wilson explores the possibility and hope for a spiritual revolution, a “Soul Boom,” to find a healing transformation on both a personal and global level
For Wilson, this is a serious and essential pursuit, but he brings great humor and his own unique perspective to the conversation. He feels that, culturally, we’ve discounted spirituality—faith and the sacred—and we need profound healing and a unifying understanding of the world that the great spiritual traditions provide. Wilson’s approach to spirituality—the non-physical, eternal aspects of ourselves—is relatable and applies to people of all beliefs, even the skeptics. Filled with genuine insight—not to mention enlightening Kung Fu and Star Trek references—Soul Boom delves into ancient wisdom to seek out practical, transformative answers to life’s biggest questions.
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In this heartfelt outing, actor Wilson (The Bassoon King), of Dwight from The Office fame, offers a broad array of spiritual ideas for finding hope in a cynical world. While there are no easy solutions to many contemporary problems—climate change, materialism, a lack of real community—Wilson digs into some big spiritual matters that have preoccupied him throughout life, among them concepts of holiness (the challenge is to "find what is holy in our lives"), and death as a source of meaning (it puts into perspective the "preciousness of life"). As well, he investigates whether God exists, and explains why he's not an atheist: for one, the notion that "a universe of infinite complexity was born in a heartbeat because science" seems "a bit of a stretch." Finally, he lightheartedly proposes a new "religion," Soul Boom, based on his spiritual adventuring. Its guiding principles include the "centrality of justice" and an emphasis on the arts. Animated by self-aware humor, this entry doesn't pretend to have all the answers, and instead offers deceptively simple yet thought-provoking musings to help readers embark on a quest of spiritual self-awareness. This is a pleasure to read.
