"Insightful, imaginative, and provocative Val Webb's new book has freed the Divine from the religious. A striking achievement."--John Shelby Spong, author of Jesus for the Non-Religious
In Like Catching Water in a Net, Val Webb is not out to prove the existence of a God or the Divine, but to set out intuitions or intimations of the Divine nature and attributes from the stories and literature of the world's religions. Casting her net more widely than Karen Armstrong in The History of...
National Best Books 2007 Award-Winner in Religion
"Insightful, imaginative, and provocative Val Webb's new book...
Discusses how humans have described the Divine. This book looks at how humans have engaged the Divine across religions and centuries, through ritual, art, sacred places, language and song.
Discusses how humans have described the Divine. This book looks at how humans have engaged the Divine across religions and centuries, through ritual, ...