Holy Clues Paperback by Stephen Kendrick

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage (2000-07-11)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 208 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780375703386
• Item Weight: 211.21 grams
• Dimensions: 20.32 x 13.21 x 1.27 cm

If God is the greatest mystery of them all, then why not, in pursuit of God, consult the greatest detective of them all? In this imaginative and surprisingly profound book, Stephen Kendrick reveals Sherlock Holmes as spiritual guide.

Drawing on the teachings of Christianity, Buddhism, and Judaism--as well as a host of thinkers as varied as Albert Einstein, Gandhi, and Vincent van Gogh--Kendrick explores the stories of Sherlock Holmes and finds remarkably prescient religious insights. He shows us the link between careful observation of clues and the Buddhist concept of "Bare Attention." He illuminates the parallel between the great sleuth's pursuit of justice and God's actions on the scene of the first murder, when Cain slew Abel. And in the detective's open, engaged mind, Kendrick finds a model for uniting the principles of science with a sincere spiritual quest. The result is a book of inspiration for the modern, skeptical searcher--and an entertaining work that sheds new light on the methods of the world's greatest detective.

About the Author

Stephen Kendrick is the Parish Minister of the Universalist Church of West Hartford, Connecticut, and has peviouslty served churches in Maryland and Pennsylvania and Unitarian chapels in West Midlands of England. He recieved his B.A. from Princeton, his M.Div. from the Harvard Divinity School, and a master's degree in creative writing from the Hollins College Writing Program. His articles have appeared in The Christian Century, The Hartford Courant, and The Hartford Advocate. He lives in West Hartford.