Man Seeks God: My Flirtations With The Divine (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Eric Weiner is on another quest. In his first book he looked for the world's happiest places, now he tackles a more controversial subject of religion. Weiner, the self proclaimed gastronomical Jew of no particular religious leaning goes shopping for religion, which takes him across the globe in order to better get to know different belief systems, eight in this case, from traditional to relatively new and vastly unorthodox. The armchair traveler and the autodidact in me love Weiner's books. There are so interesting, so erudite, so informative and yet at the same time humorous and never boring. His first book somehow sang more to me, maybe because it was more of a universal quest, wherein here it's much more personal, but I very much enjoyed reading them both. There is plenty of information for the mind and food for thought and/or spirit here. Recommended. This is a very good book about a man who tries out 8 different religions: Sufism (a form of Islam), Buddhism, Franciscan (and order of Catholicism), Raëlism (a UFO-based religion), Taoism, Wicca (a form of paganism), Shamanism, and Kabbalah (a form of Judaism). He does this by traveling to other countries and states and attending seminars, conferences and gatherings. He also interviews leaders in each religion. He learns a lot, and so does the reader. I really liked this book and I learned a lot from it.
What do You think about Man Seeks God: My Flirtations With The Divine (2011)?
Interesting, fun book. Of course it doesn't answer anything, the exploration is what it's all about.
—Teeny
To keep it simple, I liked the book. I would read one of Eric Weiner's other books.
—piyu
Not as funny as his other book (The Geography of Bliss) but still worth a read.
—Manju
"Tell no one the way your mind travels." -Nepali proverb
—Victoria
