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Kristin Hahn (Author)
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March 4, 2003

After years as a Hollywood writer and filmmaker, Kristin Hahn felt a crisis of faith: she had no spiritual group she could call her own. Setting out on a three-year journey, she began an investigation of America's religious traditions, practices, and beliefs.

Crisscrossing the nation, Hahn spent a week cloistered in prayer with convent nuns and a month of Ramadan fasting with Muslims. She went door-to-door with young Mormon missionaries and head-to-head with turbaned Sikh yogis. She sat through marathon meditations with Buddhist masters and spent days in conversation and ceremony with an 0jibwe medicine man. Her explorations exposed her to the rich, ancient culture of the Jews and brought her into the enclaves of Christian Scientists and Amish farmers, as well as the less traditional realms of Scientology, neopagan witchcraft, and the congregations of new-age gurus.

And this was only the beginning.

Openhearted, humorous, and always thoughtful, In Search of Grace offers nourishment for our spiritual hunger -- and a myriad of ways to find a religious home.


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“Illuminating…Elegant…Cathartic.” (Boston Globe )

"Spirited and insightful" (Los Angeles Times )

Praise for Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn’s Anthem:“This roaming book of diaries and dialogues is very pleasing. . . . The two are so earnest, so honest . . . you’re quickly disarmed.” (Entertainment Weekly (A-) )

“An adventurous and colorful portrait of what it means to be passionately American.” (Chicago Tribune )

"Hahn and Gabel have done what most of us only dream about" (Good Morning America )

About the Author

Kristin Hahn grew up in New Mexico, then moved to Los Angeles, where she spent a decade working in the television and film industry. With Shainee Gabel, Hahn wrote, produced, and filmed the acclaimed independent documentary Anthem and wrote the book based on the film. She currently lives in California with her husband and son.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (March 4, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0380802716
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380802715
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,168,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Exploration of America's Melting Pot, February 10, 2004
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This review is from: In Search of Grace: A Journey Across America's Landscape of Faith (Paperback)
Kristin Hahn's book was a wonderful find for me. Not only did I grow up feeling like a religious outsider myself, but I could easily relate to her tolerant and often humorous approach to each and every belief system that she experiences. I say "experiences" because that is exactly what this book is all about. How do people of widely differing beliefs experience the transcendent? And how does that inform their personal and communal lives?

Though this book is by no means a comprehensive or exhaustive approach to the pluralistic society in which we live (how could any book achieve that?), it shared with me many fascinating (and sometimes secretive) glimpses of the diverse American religious topography that we have inherited. What makes this a five-star review is that Kristin Hahn shares her spiritual awakening with the reader in such melodic prose that I have ordered this book with the hope of revisiting it from time to time when I will inevitably find myself viewing the world through mono-chromatic glasses.

In Search of Grace will always remind me of how much richer the world of spirituality and belief is when viewed as a tapestry of differing shades of grey.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An eye-opening personal account, February 17, 2006
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This book offers an interesting look into one woman's search for the meaning and experience of spiritualty. I think the book's layout (chapters devoted to different branches of religion, along with the brief histories of each group given at the start of the chapter) lend's itself to be (mis)interpreted as a non-fiction anthology. At times I felt the book was misinforming, especially on Unitarian Universalism, which is my own leaning. However, in retrospect, I think the author never intended to be an authority. Through this book I saw Catholic practices and rituals in a new light and with renewed inspiration, and had my interest piqued about Sikhs, Mormons, Amish and the Scientologists. I found the writing to be a little too "pop" for me at times, and generally like the content of the accounts more than her way of telling about them.
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