God Stories

In a fresh approach to an age-old discussion an esteemed editor of the Atlantic Monthly collects twenty-five dazzling short stories by eminent writers about spiritual experiences of all sorts. With works by John Updike Philip Roth Louise Erdrich James Joyce Flannery O''Connor James Baldwin Alice Munro and more God: Stories offers insight solace and pleasure not only to the faithful but to seekers -- and to those who simply love fine stories. Challenging the mind and exhilarating the soul . . . [this] rare and precious collection (Susannah Heschel) explores the human dimensions of spirituality from the comic to the passionate the skeptical to the mystical and beyond.