Understanding a Course in Miracles

by PATRICK MILLER, D.VANZANT, IYANLA

• ISBN13: 9781587613128
• ISBN10: 1587613123
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2008-06-01
• Publisher: Celestial Arts

Summary

This comprehensive introduction to the grassroots phenomenon A Course in Miracles covers the book's role in America's changing spiritual landscape, investigates its origins and history, and explains its principal tenets and philosophies. Weaving together extensive research and student perspectives, journalist D. Patrick Miller sheds light on the provocative and oft-misunderstood text. An examination of the teachings and influence of A Course in Miracles, one of the most popular and controversial texts in contemporary spirituality. With a new foreword by Iyanla VanzantCovers common questions, such as What exactly is the Course? Is it Christian, Buddhist, New Age, or something else entirely? How did the author channel the message? More than two million copies of A Course in Miracles available worldwide in 19 languages, with thousands of study groups devoted to it.

Author Biography

D. PATRICK MILLER is a writer and the founder of Fearless Books. A former contributing editor for Yoga Journal, his articles have been published in Self, Mother Jones, Utne Reader, Columbia Journalism Review, Reader's Digest, and more. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Origins and History
How the Course Came to Be	p. 13
Who Were Schucman and Thetford?	p. 31
How the Course Teaching Has Spread	p. 55
The Message of the Course
A New Curriculum of Love	p. 79
Forgiving What Did Not Occur	p. 93
From Special to Holy Relationships	p. 105
Living in an Unreal World	p. 119
A Provocative Legacy
Where Psychology Meets the Perennial Philosophy	p. 133
Why the Course Is Not Christian-Or Is It?	p. 151
Secular Critiques of the Course	p. 169
The Presence of the Course	p. 189
A Brief Guide to ACIM Study Centers, Teachers, and Online Resources	p. 205
A Comparison of Miracles	p. 209
Index	p. 232
About the Author	p. 244
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