The Things We Worship Now
The Sacred Hunger Beneath Modern LifeBy Maren Alth
Length7h 19m
About this audiobook
Modern people did not stop worshipping. They changed altars.
The phone beside the bed. The body measured before breakfast. The job that asks for a soul. The mirror that judges without mercy. The feed that decides who is visible. The bank account that promises safety. The politics that divides the clean from the condemned.
In The Things We Worship Now, Maren Alth examines the hidden devotional life of the modern world. Work, wellness, screens, status, politics, money, beauty, ritual, and awe become places where people bring their longing for meaning, judgment, mercy, safety, purification, and transcendence.
This is not a sermon and not an argument for or against religion. It is a serious work of cultural nonfiction about the sacred hunger beneath modern life.
A person can stop believing and still remain devotional.
The question is not whether we worship.
The question is what receives our attention, sacrifice, fear, loyalty, and love.
Audiobook details
GenrePhilosophy, Psychology
Length7 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 12, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Things We Worship Now
2Introduction - The Altar Did Not Disappear
3Part One - New Altars
4Chapter One - Work That Wants a Soul
5Chapter Two - Wellness and the Body That Must Be Redeemed
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6Chapter Three - The Phone as Chapel
7Part Two - New Gods of Judgment
8Chapter Four - Status and the Need to Be Seen
9Chapter Five - Politics After Religion
10Chapter Six - Money and the Promise of Safety
11Chapter Seven - Beauty as Salvation
12Part Three - The Hunger That Remains
13Chapter Eight - Rituals Without Belief
14Chapter Nine - Awe in a Flattened World
15Chapter Ten - What Is Worthy of Us
16Conclusion - Choosing What Is Worth Worshipping
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