{"product_id":"heart-of-religion-spiritual-empowerment-benevolence-and-the-experience-of-gods-love-hardcover","title":"Heart of Religion: Spiritual Empowerment, Benevolence, and the Experience of God's Love - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew T. Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath our culture's obsession with wealth and power, status and celebrity, millions of Americans are quietly engaged in a deeply religious struggle to free themselves from petty selfishness and to embrace a life of benevolence and compassion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on an extensive random survey of 1,200 men and women across the United States, Matthew Lee, Margaret Poloma, and Stephen Post here shed new light on how Americans wake up to the reality of divine love and how that transformative experience expresses itself in concrete acts of benevolence. The authors find that the vast majority of Americans (eight out of ten) report that they have felt God's love increasing their compassion for others, one of many important revelations uncovered by the survey. In order to more fully flesh out the meaning of the survey's results, the authors also conducted 120 in-depth interviews with Christian women and men from all walks of life and from across the country who are engaged in benevolent service. Their stories offer compelling examples of how receiving God's love, loving God, and expressing this love to others has made a difference in the world and given their lives deeper significance. As a result, some provide community service, others strive for social justice, still others seek to redefine religion and the meaning of \"church\" in America. Interviewees who may have grown up with judgmental images of God tended to trade them in for a loving and accepting God more consistent with their own emotionally powerful personal experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on equal measures of scholarly research and human insight, \u003cem\u003eThe Heart of Religion \u003c\/em\u003eoffers an unprecedented level of detail about the experience and expression of divine love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatthew T. Lee \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Akron. He is co-author, with Margaret Poloma, of A Sociological Study of the Great Commandment in Pentecostalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret M. Poloma\u003c\/strong\u003e is Research Professor of Sociology, University of Akron. She is the author of Main Street Mystics, among other books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen G. Post \u003c\/strong\u003eis the President of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love (www.unlimitedloveinstitute.com), the author of The Hidden Gifts of Helping, and a Professor of Medical Humanities at Stony Brook University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52960220152115,"sku":"9780199931880","price":119.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/w70G5ITOyN9780199931880.webp?v=1768481616","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/heart-of-religion-spiritual-empowerment-benevolence-and-the-experience-of-gods-love-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}