We Who Wrestle With God: Perceptions of the Divine
In We Who Wrestle with God, the battlefield is not the heavens, but the human soul—torn between chaos and order, doubt and belief, suffering and meaning. With the gravitas of myth and the precision of psychological insight, the book journeys through ancient scripture, personal trial, and cultural unrest to confront an ageless dilemma: how does one live rightly in a world riddled with pain and contradiction? Every page pulses with the tension between the divine and the broken, between the longing to believe and the refusal to submit blindly. Can the act of wrestling with God itself be the path to transcendence? Bold, unflinching, and deeply humane, this is a spiritual odyssey for the modern age.
- Originally Published: 2024
- Publisher : Allen Lane, 2024
- Pages: 544
- Genre: Psychology, Philosophy, Religious Studies
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0241619636
- Access: Prime Membership
Description
What is the true story of our lives—and what should it be?
In his newest revolutionary offering, world-renowned clinical psychologist and bestselling author Jordan Peterson guides us through the ancient accounts of rebellion, sacrifice, suffering and triumph that have formed the foundations of the Western world. Drawing on the psychology of religion, mythology and philosophy, he reveals the profound wisdom of the Biblical stories—explaining why we ignore them, today, at our great peril.
Adam and Eve and the eternal fall of mankind; the murderous war of Cain and Abel; the cataclysmic flood of Noah, the spectacular collapse of the Tower of Babel; Abraham’s terrible adventure, and the epic of Moses and the Israelites:
- What could such stories possibly mean?
- How have they helped us make sense of the world, and who we are, for millennia?
- How can they still guide us in our eternal search for meaning, aim and purpose?
Powerfully illuminating and thought-provoking, We Who Wrestle with God brings the reader on an awe-inspiring intellectual journey through the greatest stories ever told.
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