Living with a Wild God : A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything (Hardcover)

from Jim53

Ehrenreich's book centers around a mystical experience that she had when she was seventeen years old. She spent several years attempting to unravel what had happened, until life intervened in the form of the anti-war movement. Later, after having children and a career, she returned to her grand p...

from torreyhouse

I gave it four stars because of the subject matter. I would have to know more about Ehrenreich and her other works to be more interested in her adolescent life and thinking. But her conclusions, as a scientific materialist and atheist, are honest, courageous and enticing, almost thrilling.As a hi...

from bibleblaster

I found this "memoir" engrossing, insightful, unpredictable, and honest. If one is reading to find a "conclusion" about this self-described atheist's mystical experience, prepare for disappointment. However, if one is ready to grapple with the many paradoxes and contradictions of being human, div...

from akblanchard

Atheism is an important part of Barbara Ehrenreich's identity, yet, paradoxically, she has experienced encounters with a non-human, possibly divine Other. For most of her life she attributed her episodes of dissociation and mysticism (even though Ehrenreich doesn't like that word, there really is...

from nicholasjjordan

Ehrenreich is difficult to review. There are major strengths to reading her, because she always thinks well through complex and difficult problems, and she also is great at the craft of writing. What I most valued in this book was how personal it is. As a person of faith (even a professional one:...