Heaven's Kitchen: Living Religion at God's Love We Deliver

by Courtney Bender

Book Overview

How do people practice religion in their everyday lives? Courtney Bender spent more than a year working as a volunteer for a non-profit organisation called God's Love We Deliver, helping to prepare... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226042820
• ISBN13: 9780226042824
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Intriguing Study

What a wonderful book. Nicely written; thoughtful; and insightful. Professor Bender of Columbia University spent months observing the actions, conversations, and ideas of volunteers and workers at God's Love We Deliver in New York. What she found abounded in ironies about religion and spirituality in the everyday lives of people. Dr. Bender found that an organization with "God" in the title actually had very little overt conversation about God; Dr. Bender found that volunteers brought spiritual feelings to their work, often in the silences and quiet times of the labor. This is a fabulous book about religion in everyday life and how people make sense of their spiritual lives in various means. Recommended for all scholars of religion in America and for those interested in spirituality and volunteer organizations.