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A leading authority on modern religion chronicles her own personal journey of spiritual discovery, growth, and transformation , detailing her childhood in Tennessee, her discovery of the power and comfort of prayer, and her recognition that prayer requires a disciplined routine. Reprint.
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In The Shaping of a Life, Phyllis Tickle recounts her life with honesty and humor, richly conveying both the external events and the internal insights and emotions. As Tickle chronicles her deepening understanding of prayer and the rewards of marriage, family, and spiritual life, she reaches across the boundaries that separate one denomination from another and presents a portrait of spiritual growth and transformation that will appeal to devout practitioners and their less religious neighbors as well. Within a very personal story, Tickle reveals the keys that will help readers of all faiths find the path that leads from the everyday world of “doing” to the special place of simply “being.”
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