GOD WITHOUT A FIXED HOME

"God Without a Fixed Home"

Author: Jean-Claude Verrecchia

Original title: Dieu sans domicil fixe

Publisher: ADV Editions

Year of publication: 2014

Format: 11.5 x 16.5 cm | 224 pages | paperback

ISBN: 9788876592973

Where does God dwell? The typical believer's response places him in heaven; others place him in a cathedral or a sanctuary. Still others say, everywhere in nature. Unfortunately, some also say, nowhere. The question is not trivial. Does God dwell near us or far from us? Does he live in only one place, or is he willing to move elsewhere? Can his dwelling place be visited (under what conditions?), or is it a closed place, inaccessible to humans?

The answer to these questions is the subject of this paperback. Jean-Claude Verrecchia, author of The Bible, New Instructions for Use , He uses a colloquial, sometimes provocative style. Ideas about Israel's sanctuary, the sacrifices, Solomon's or Herod's temples are brought to the table and, in a certain sense, revisited. The astonishing divine will will triumph, catching humanity off guard, rejecting every sacred enclosure, tearing away the veils and demolishing the stones of temples to pitch its tent in every heart and every community of faith. An initiatory journey for those who love to travel...