{"title":"William Cleary","description":"\u003cp\u003eWILLIAM CLEARY was a former Jesuit priest for over twenty years, a filmmaker, and a composer, and the author of \u003cem\u003ePrayers to She Who Is\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHow the Wild Things Pray\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCleary served as assistant editor at the Catholic weekly \u003cem\u003eAmerica\u003c\/em\u003e and authored many books on spirituality. His musical Chun Hyang Song was performed at the Seoul Olympics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Cleary was married to a Unitarian Universalist minister and was the father of two musician sons. His work in spirituality, music, and film reflected a life shaped by those close relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Cleary’s books are published by SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"prayers-to-an-evolutionary-god","title":"Prayers to an Evolutionary God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYour image of God has evolved from a distant, all-knowing father to a creative force of the universe. Now it's time to update your prayer, too.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn evolutionary God is the one whose fingerprints and embraces and music we find in the evolutionary patterns in the unfinished world around us, the elusive mother and inventor of this ever-changing milieu. It is a God who pretends—for some purpose we do not comprehend—not even to exist, but whom we can reach out for and give thanks to, if we wish—as most of our race has done throughout its history.\u003cbr\u003e—from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this unique collection of eighty prose prayers and related commentary, William Cleary invites you to consider new ways of thinking about God and about the world around you. Inspired by the spiritual and scientific teachings of Diarmuid O’Murchu and Teilhard de Chardin, Cleary reveals that religion and science can be combined to create an expanding view of the universe—an evolutionary faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrayers to an Evolutionary God\u003c\/em\u003e inspires you to discover your own place in the story of the universe, challenges you to rethink life in new ways, and enables you to express yourself in words that make sense—to an evolutionary God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1683365518\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781683365518\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"William Cleary","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43236441325784,"sku":"9781594730061","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43236441358552,"sku":"9781683365518","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781594730061_FC_mockup_v2_1738787411_183a70d1-b887-4515-8de7-624d0b85acf8.jpg?v=1791032939"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-william-cleary.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}