1st Wednesday St. Simeon to Start New Book – Sept. 2010
The 1st Wednesday St. Simeon group invites you to join them in the monthly discussion of the book, HEAVEN: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife
According to various polls, most Americans believe in heaven even, as Miller points out, when they don’t know what heaven means. Miller, Newsweek’s religion editor, addresses what and where heaven is and why the concept endures. Having covered many aspects of religion and interviewed people of many different faiths, she offers portraits of famous and ordinary people as well as experts in religious studies to educe how their views do or, more commonly, do not reflect the “official teaching, whatever that is.” The crux of the book focuses on believers, not beliefs, “for how people imagine heaven changes with who they are and how they live.” Miller discusses the heavenly city, afterlife in the Hebrew Bible, resurrection, and salvation, includes a chapter on visionaries, and comments extensively on how heaven is portrayed in pop culture.
The cost of this book is $18, and we must receive payment before we can order the book for you.
To sign up for this study that meets once a month on the 1st Wednesday of the month, contact Rev. Sims (tsims@fumcwf.org or 940-766-4231, x229) or fill out the form below!
