{"product_id":"forgetting-ourselves-on-purpose-isbn-9780470621684","title":"Forgetting Ourselves on Purpose","description":"In the wise and often witty Forgetting Ourselves on Purpose, Brian Mahan considers the question of how it is possible to create a meaningful spiritual life while living in a culture that measures us by what we have rather than who we are. Drawing on nearly two decades of teaching experience. Brian Mahan shares stories of personal struggle and triumph that demonstrate how those who seek meaning and purpose have recalimed their authentic selves by resolving the inevitable tension between personal ambition and spiritual vibrancy. \u003cp\u003eForeword by \u003ci\u003eRobert Coles\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface--And an Invitation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Book Is About.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Book Does.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Read This Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne: Ask Me What I 'm Living For.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoubting Pam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVocation and Ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompassion in Exile:Dickey 's Story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWanna-Be Saint.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReawakening Our Epiphanies of Recruitment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice: Ask Me What I 'm Living For.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice: Ask Me What I Think Is Keeping Me from Living Fully for the Thing I Want to Live For.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo: Failing at Success.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy Dinner with Valentino.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam James and the Desire for Something More.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sisters of the Cenacle and How to Sneakinto Heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice: Remembering to Forget Ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Practices: Finding Yourself by Losing Yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice: Why Do We Do That?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree: Ivan Ilyich,John Dean,and I:How We Deceive Ourselves.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDean and Ilyich.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eraser and the Mendacious Mantra.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice: Rationalization: A User's Guide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour: If I 'm Really Something,You MustBe Nothing Much.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Short Tirade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Hidden Fountains and Gardens of the Heart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice: Walker Percy and Spiritual Indirection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Lies: A Study in Spiritual Indirection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractices: Mirroring Ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive: Forgetting Ourselves on Purpose.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInsight from Sri Lanka.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey're Not Hypocrites;\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey Just Forgot.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWounded Audacity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeatitude: Feeling the Pleasure of God.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice: Days of Remembrance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemedial Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix: The Meritocracy Machine.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarvard and Other Problems with Admissions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice: Reasons and Rationalizations for the AdmissionsCommittee.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarvard Divinity School and Other Problems withAcceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice: Alternative Reading Skills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice: Planning an Alternative New Year 'sCelebration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword: Occupations and Preoccupations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice: Captain Midnight and Other FailedProjection Devices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eBrian J. Mahan\u003c\/b\u003e a Catholic layperson, teaches at Candler School of Theology, Emory University.  \"Don't be misled by the charm of this genial book. It is as deep as the author's Irish bogs, and as wide as his American prairies. God will admire the energy and efficiency of its God-seeking.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eNuala O'Faolain\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eAre You Somebody?\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This engaging book invites us to explore the places where our deep gladness and the world's great hunger might possibly meet. It is about claiming vocation in the spiritual sense of finding a purpose for our lives that is part of the purposes of God. Its special gift lies in helping us examine our personal and cultural inhibitions about claiming our calling. Unique and powerful!\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJames W. Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eStages of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What a great book about us human wanna-be's! Mahan certainly sets mind and spirit buzzing as he leads us through a series of openings about how we cope with being ourselves. Don't be too serious about your life, Mahan warns us, but don't be too serious about not taking yourself seriously, either! Especially when moments of pure joy in just being sneak up on you.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eElise Boulding\u003c\/b\u003e, professor emerita of sociology, Dartmouth College\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Brian Mahan explores the relationship between ambition and vocation by pacing remarkably shrewd readings of Thomas Merton, Tolstoy, the Buddha, and William James with marvelously written memories of and Irish-Catholic boyhood. The result is an often puckish, indeed downright funny, yet deadly serious and ultimately subversive book-a heartfelt invitation to revisit just what it is that we think we are living for.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eAnthony Glavin\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eNighthawk Alley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An outstanding inquiry into ethics in everyday life. For its wit, honesty, clarity, and pure practical usefulness, this book simply kicks ass. It is a rare book that is as appropriate for the beach, bedside, or boardroom as for the graduate seminar.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eTom Beaudoin\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eVirtual Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Brian Mahan is an excellent guide on the human journey towards authenticity. With encouragement and humor, he leads the reader along important paths of self-knowledge we might otherwise avoid. His work is at once wise and witty, theoretically sound and pragmatically helpful. One might not expect it from the subject matter, but this very worthwhile book is also a lot of fun!\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eGerald May\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Awakened Heart and Will and Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989234041061,"sku":"NP9780470621684","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470621684.jpg?v=1761783311","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/forgetting-ourselves-on-purpose-isbn-9780470621684","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}