Death by Suburb: How to Keep the Suburbs from Killing Your Soul - Hardcover

Goetz, David L.

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9780060756703: Death by Suburb: How to Keep the Suburbs from Killing Your Soul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060756705 ISBN 13: 9780060756703

Publisher: Harper San Francisco, 2006

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Death by Suburb A great number of seekers find themselves in the seemingly unreal world of the suburbs. They read spirituality books but find themselves in carpools and coaching soccer, not in monasteries. Dave Goetz, a former pastor, shows that the suburbs are a real world, but a spiritually corrosive one. The land of SUVs and soccer leagues can truly be toxic to the soul. Suburbanites need to understand how the... Full description

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Takes a critical look at the spiritually corrosive influence of suburbia and suburban life, identifying eight toxic elements in the suburban lifestyle--malls, Starbucks, cookie-cutter houses, and the perfect lawn--and introducing eight corresponding disciplines designed to nurture one's spiritual life. 25,000 first printing.

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"Goetz envisions a 'thicker life,' looking beyond the comfort...of suburban rhythms for a...deeper experience." -- Dallas Morning News

"God has given Goetz a gift for seeing . the parched lives beneath the suburban bliss. -- William H. Willimon, author of Sinning Like a Christian

"Goetz envisions a 'thicker life, ' looking beyond the comfort...of suburban rhythms for a...deeper experience."--Dallas Morning News

" Goetz's witty new book deals with [...] the spirit-deadening alienation sometimes found in [...] housing tracts and cul-de-sacs."--Mark Pinsky, ORLANDO SENTINEL

"With bright writing, Goetz transforms familiar ideas into a provocative new package."--Columbus Dispatch

"Goetz points out...that suburbanites like to be in control...and true spirituality is the opposite of control."--Charleston Post and Courier

"Death by Suburb addresses and overcomes the split in our religion, our lifestyles, and even our consciousness."--Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M., author of Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

"Goetz lets the shadows of the suburbs show and evokes a thicker sense of our social and religious worlds."--Leigh Schmidt, Princeton University, author of Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality

"Goetz advocates serious examination of motives and actions in everyday life and offers hope and...answers."--Calgary Herald

"God has given Goetz a gift for seeing ... the parched lives beneath the suburban bliss.--William H. Willimon, author of Sinning Like a Christian

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