Faith, Interrupted: A Spiritual Journey

by Eric Lax

Book Overview

A son, a father, and a close friend engage in illuminating dialogues--full of wisdom and insight, probing all the avenues and aspects of religious conviction--that reveal much about three men who... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307270912
• ISBN13: 9780307270917
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

A journey worth sharing

I found Faith Interrupted to be a refreshingly honest examination of one's life - past, present and what may lay ahead. I myself am just a bit too young to have had friends or immediate family drafted into the Vietnam War - the backdrop to a good part of the book. Lax's decision to seek CO status and all that entailed was fascinating to me as was the contrast it painted to his early years as a church acolyte. As life proceeds, his faithful convictions, for a number of reasons explained, begin to quiver and then evaporate. His story includes a parallel figure - a good friend in college turned warrior extraordinaire turned Bishop - and their separate but intertwined journeys provide a richness of the human experience that Lax conveys in a down to earth, approachable way. Lax, witty and unapologetic, gives us where he is today and how he got here. I could feel his sadness(disappointment?) that he didn't end up at another point - one with faith. Yet another reader may take away something different. Which is why I found this book to be particularly satisfying; nothing is neatly tied up in a bow at the end. No exclamations of 'I was lost and now I am found!' Or, 'I was once naive and malleable and now I know better'. Rather, it is messy and nuanced, filled with compassion and honest intention to figure it all out - eventually. He repeatedly goes back to the one Christian tenant which he still firmly holds on to; 'God is Love' and it is apparent and wonderful to read about a life so clearly guided by that light. In closing, my favorite chapter is the last one; that's the one I believe I will go back to time and time again - when my own stagnation and sense of loss need a muse - not a professor with the answer, but someone else who is still willing to look under the rocks - just in case.

Worthy read on faith and spirituality

Mr. Lax has an excellent writing style. His prose flows and keeps the reader interested even through some of the more detailed descriptions. This book I would recommend for anyone who has asked questions about faith, spirituality and the meaning of life.