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Befriending Our Desires by Philip Sheldrake is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Befriending Our Desires about?
Desire is at the heart of what it is to be human. The power of desire, while embodied and sensuous, is God-given and the key to all human spirituality. Humanity is blessed with a deep longing that is infinite in extent and can only ultimately be satisfied in God. __Befriending Our Desires__ portrays the intimate connection between desire and the spiritual journey. Drawing on Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, Christian spiritual classics (with some reference to Buddhist spirituality), poetry, and other literature, plus personal and pastoral experience, Philip Sheldrake explores the role of desire in relation to God, prayer, sexuality, making choices, and responding to change.
Who reads Befriending Our Desires?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Philip Sheldrake
- Publisher
- Liturgical Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780814647172
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Religion, Christian, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (27 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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