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Although Wakefield culls these essays from, among other sources, his Beliefnet column "Spiritually Incorrect," the titular concept remains rather vague throughout the book. In his introduction, he gives several examples of being spiritually incorrect, such as getting a facelift, owning a convertible and having a tattoo. His explanation of who finds these practices spiritually incorrect is a bit labored and confused; at times, he seems to be rebelling against "my fellow Christians who are of the fundamentalist persuasion" and at other times he seems more interested in scandalizing yoga-practicing vegetarians. Most chapters are very brief; they introduce an idea (some of which, such as the spiritual correctness of taking Prozac, are no longer very controversial), include a few observations and then simply end. For example, in a chapter that rather curiously employs a question-and-answer format (it's not clear if this is from an advice column he has written), Wakefield discusses whether or not it is "spiritually incorrect" to eat steak. He begins by decrying the rigidity and judgment of some vegetarians and then meanders into a comparison of the relative merits of low and high carbohydrate diets, and then the chapter ends. Several other chapters in the book suffer from a similar lack of focus and substance. The final third is a gem, however, with several profiles of spiritually incorrect "saints" such as Dorothy Day, Henry Nouwen and Reynolds Price. These are people Wakefield knows or has known personally, and his insight into their lives is the strongest element of the book.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Readers of Wakefield's Internet column "Spiritually Incorrect" and his earlier books know his breezy, punchy style and entertaining way with a story. He recalls when his life fell apart, how he stopped drinking, and his search for a church, thinking any Protestant one would do. Since then he has written about his spiritual journey, given workshops in spiritual autobiography throughout America, and become aware of what it means to be on the wrong side of the religion police, to be spiritually incorrect. He reminds us, however, that Jesus was spiritually incorrect, too, for he hung out with outcasts. And then he discusses some spiritually incorrect topics, including the coffeehouse as sacred space; the fast-growing Pentecostal movement; "the politics of meaning" espoused by the likes of Michael Lerner, editor of the liberal Jewish magazine Tikkun; and taking Prozac and similar mood-affecting drugs. He also profiles Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, C. Wright Mills, Werner Erhard, Reynolds Price, and Henri Nouwen--all of whom, like Wakefield, arrived at spirituality idiosyncratically. June Sawyers
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Although Wakefield culls these essays from, among other sources, his Beliefnet column "Spiritually Incorrect," the titular concept remains rather vague throughout the book. In his introduction, he gives several examples of being spiritually incorrect, such as getting a facelift, owning a convertible and having a tattoo. His explanation of who finds these practices spiritually incorrect is a bit labored and confused; at times, he seems to be rebelling against "my fellow Christians who are of the fundamentalist persuasion" and at other times he seems more interested in scandalizing yoga-practicing vegetarians. Most chapters are very brief; they introduce an idea (some of which, such as the spiritual correctness of taking Prozac, are no longer very controversial), include a few observations and then simply end. For example, in a chapter that rather curiously employs a question-and-answer format (it's not clear if this is from an advice column he has written), Wakefield discusses whether or not it is "spiritually incorrect" to eat steak. He begins by decrying the rigidity and judgment of some vegetarians and then meanders into a comparison of the relative merits of low and high carbohydrate diets, and then the chapter ends. Several other chapters in the book suffer from a similar lack of focus and substance. The final third is a gem, however, with several profiles of spiritually incorrect "saints" such as Dorothy Day, Henry Nouwen and Reynolds Price. These are people Wakefield knows or has known personally, and his insight into their lives is the strongest element of the book.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Readers of Wakefield's Internet column "Spiritually Incorrect" and his earlier books know his breezy, punchy style and entertaining way with a story. He recalls when his life fell apart, how he stopped drinking, and his search for a church, thinking any Protestant one would do. Since then he has written about his spiritual journey, given workshops in spiritual autobiography throughout America, and become aware of what it means to be on the wrong side of the religion police, to be spiritually incorrect. He reminds us, however, that Jesus was spiritually incorrect, too, for he hung out with outcasts. And then he discusses some spiritually incorrect topics, including the coffeehouse as sacred space; the fast-growing Pentecostal movement; "the politics of meaning" espoused by the likes of Michael Lerner, editor of the liberal Jewish magazine Tikkun; and taking Prozac and similar mood-affecting drugs. He also profiles Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, C. Wright Mills, Werner Erhard, Reynolds Price, and Henri Nouwen--all of whom, like Wakefield, arrived at spirituality idiosyncratically. June Sawyers
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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