{"product_id":"letters-from-the-american-desert-signposts-of-a-journey-a-vision-hardcover","title":"Letters from the American Desert: Signposts of a Journey, a Vision - 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\u003eFrederick Glaysher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Letters\u003cem\u003e from the American Desert\u003c\/em\u003e, Glaysher reflects on the cultural, political, and religious history of Western and non-Western civilizations, pondering the dilemmas of postmodernity, in a compelling struggle for spiritual knowledge and truth. In what is a highly autobiographical work, fully cognizant of the relativism and nihilism of modern life, Glaysher finds a deeper meaning and purpose in a universal Vision. Confronting the antinomies of the soul, grounded in the dialectic, Glaysher charts a path beyond the postmodern desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlluding extensively to Martin Luther and W. B. Yeats at All Souls Chapel, \"metaphors for poetry,\" from Yeats's book \u003cem\u003eA Vision\u003c\/em\u003e, Glaysher considers the example of the global, universal message of the oneness of God, all religions, and humankind, holding out a new hope and peaceful Vision for a world in spiritual and global crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from a theocracy, Glaysher envisions a modest separation of church and state, as the will of God, in an unorganized religion, a universal synthesis of all spiritual and wisdom traditions, in harmony and balance with universal peace, in a global age of pluralism, where religious belief is a distinctive mark of the individual, not collective, communal identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. Glaysher, in my view, is taking some positive steps to resolve some serious issues in the Baha'i community. ...The Faith needs a total overhaul. It has forgotten what the real Faith is.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Joel Bjorling\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eauthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Baha'i Faith: A Historical Bibliography\u003c\/em\u003e. (New York. Garland Publishing, 1985).\u003c\/strong\u003e\"A valuable contribution to understanding the real history of the Bahai Faith.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eYahoo! Reform Bahai Group\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42779915550816,"sku":"9780967042114","price":44.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/YENIbOhZhA9780967042114.webp?v=1780231871","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/letters-from-the-american-desert-signposts-of-a-journey-a-vision-hardcover","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}