"God Without Religion" Wins 'Best Books 2005' Award
Santa Fe, NM (PRWEB) October 3, 2005 -- The groundbreaking book God Without Religion: Questioning Centuries of Accepted Truths by Sankara Saranam, with a foreword by Arun Gandhi, has been named winner of the USABookNews.com Best Books 2005 Spirituality award. Heading a selection of finalists composed of such distinguished titles as Jewish with Feeling: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, God Without Religion advocates an inner approach to expansive spirituality. www.godwithoutreligion.comGod Without Religion offers a much-needed bridge from dogmatic belief systems to progressive spirituality, offering seventeen techniques to help readers develop a direct understanding of God. "It is time for new teachers, and author Sankara Saranam's message will bring much peace and understanding into a world so desperately in need of it," says Jeffery Bowen, president and publisher of USABookNews.com. "It is with great honor that the editors of USABookNews.com award God Without Religion the coveted 'Best Spirituality Book of 2005' award." www.godwithoutreligion.com
Selected as September's featured book on ReligiousTolerance.org, God Without Religion has reached bookshelves at a crucial time when -- bombarded by ongoing national and international crises and tired of the divisiveness spawned by organized religion -- many people are actively seeking new ways to worship. A recent Newsweek/Beliefnet poll found that 79 percent of Americans, especially those under age sixty, describe themselves as "spiritual, though not necessarily religious," while almost 66 percent pray every day and nearly 33 percent meditate. "Times are desperately calling for a return to the concept of God as the substance of self-awareness shining through the eyes of all," says Saranam. "When God is recognized not as a punitive being outside ourselves but as an expanded inner sense of self, we automatically develop an all-inclusive spirituality that leaves no room for prejudice, blame, or condemnation of others."
** Saranam, an ascetic, mystic, scholar, and teacher, is founder of The Pranayama Institute. He will be a speaker at the Gandhian Conference for Nonviolence at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee on October 14 and 15. For more information about his speaking engagements and teachings, please visit www.godwithoutreligion.com or www.pranayama.org.
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Press Contact: Hillary Welles
Company Name: THE PRANAYAMA INSTITUTE
Email: publicity@pranayama.org
Phone: 505-231-0806
Website: www.godwithoutreligion.com
More Information: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/10/prweb291705.htm
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