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    God Laughs and Plays: Churchless Sermons in Response to the Preachments of the Fundamentalist Right by David James Duncan

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    • Pub. Date: March 2006
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      • Pub. Date: March 2006
      • Publisher: Triad Institute, Incorporated
      • Format: Hardcover, 231pp

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      A national bestseller and winner of the PNBA Book Award and Pushcart Prize, God Laughs & Plays is David James Duncan’s (The River Why, The Brothers K) profound, original, and exhilarating tour de force.

      In this multiple award-winning and bestselling diagnosis of the contemporary American spirit, David James Duncan suggests that the de facto political party embodied by the so-called "Christian Right" has turned worship into a self-righteous betrayal of the words and example of the very Jesus it claims to praise. In a bracing and often hilarious response to this trend, God Laughs & Plays offers "churchless sermons," stories, memoir, conversations, and cosmological reflections that scorn riches and embrace the poor; bless peacemakers, not war-makers; celebrate creation, diversity, empathy, playfulness and beauty; and insist that Divine Mystery is indeed mysterious and compassion is literally compassionate. The spiritual kingdom described by Jesus, this unusual book reminds us, is located not "in the Sky" or beyond a disastrous future, but within us, to be sought and embodied in the here and now.

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      The world's future depends on this consciousness and you will find it shining forth from every page in this book.

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      God Laughs and Plays: Churchless Sermons in Response to the Preachments of the Fundamentalist Rightby Anonymous

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      August 29, 2008: I have been a David James Duncan fan for over a decade and consider 'The Brothers K' one of my all time favorite books. 'God Laughs and Plays' came to me at just the right time in my spiritual journey and simply blew me away. It took me nine months to read it, not because I am a slow reader but because most every page connected with me so deeply. The essay about Romeo the dog was particularly awe inspiring.

      God Laughs and Plays: Churchless Sermons in Response to the Preachments of the Fundamentalist Rightby Anonymous

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      February 28, 2008: There are pieces in this incredible book that make you want to run outside and yell for joy. Then there are others that will have you weeping for joy. Others take you to another space entirely, where your sense of reality has shape-shifted and you become immersed in a spiritual context that makes the physical universe alive in ways we often only glimpse in our dreams.