Ordinarily SacredLynda Sexson offers a theology of everyday experience in this enchanting book that shows how the religious traditions of the world lie slightly concealed in the details and commonplaces of ordinary life. |
Contents
Introductory Note | 1 |
2 Weaving Lies and Lives Together | 26 |
3 Personal Events and Cultural Dreams | 40 |
4The First Act Repeated | 55 |
5The Fleas Shoes | 69 |
6 The ManandWomanEating Plant | 85 |
7 The Inward Text | 101 |
8The MakeBelieve of Belief | 119 |
Notes | 131 |
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