Grounded: Finding God in the World-A Spiritual Revolution - Tapa dura

"With her usual blend of plain-talking and sharp insight, Diana Butler Bass brings into focus the usually fuzzy realm of the spiritual but not religious, providing a much-needed guidebook for... the often-perplexing but growing turn away from organized religion."--Religious Newswriters Association

"I've been grateful for Bass's sharp mind, but upon finishing Grounded, I found myself in love with her mystical heart and gorgeous storytelling. We need to believe that God is with us, in dirt and water and suffering and homes and neighborhoods. God is definitely in this book."--Glennon Doyle Melton, author of Carry On, Warrior

"Provocative and well-researched, Grounded is an admirable contribution to the understanding of contemporary American Christianity, which is in constant needs of reformation. May the church listen."--National Catholic Reporter

"A profound and literary book."--Christian Century

"Bass' credentials... frequently help bridge the gap between those who practice Christianity and those who research it. 'What makes her an unusual voice among commentators in American religion right now is that she's a proponent of hopeful religion.'... Grounded champions a return to nature and an embrace of hospitality."--Religion News Service

"In her excellent treatise, [Bass] declares the current state of religion as not dying but transforming.... Bass's biblical and effusive style, always mixing the personal with the political and scriptural, finds a deeper, more profound register in this latest book."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Grounded is a wise and beautiful book. It is, in fact and in places, almost an anthem to the sacred unity of the physical and the spiritual in the formation of human faith and in the maturation of the human soul."--Phyllis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence

"In Grounded, Diana Butler Bass brings theology back down to earth. She writes about the environment and about the church in a way that makes sense, feels authentic, and doesn't put you to sleep. A stunning book that will open up new conversations in the church and beyond."--Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution

"I absolutely love this book. I've long respected Diana Butler Bass for her intelligent, academic approach to the religious conversation, and never more so than in the pages of this book. Grounded made me love this beautiful world more deeply, and made God's presence more visible everywhere I looked."--Shauna Niequist, author of Savor and Bread & Wine

"An absolutely gorgeously written book about real faith in the real world."--James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage