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12 essays, 11 previously published in scholarly journals, but the author of _Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous_ and _The Spiritualty of Imperfection_. Among topics are "Bill W. and LSD," "Commentary on 'Lay Treatment,'" "The Spirituality of William James," "Why A.A. Works: The Intellectual Significance of Alcoholics Anonymous," "Research on Alcoholics Anonymous," "Here's to Spuds!"
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About the Author
Ernie Kurtz received his Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University in 1978. His doctoral dissertation was published as the book Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous. Since then, he has published The Spirituality of Imperfection, the booklet Shame and Guilt: Characteristics of the Dependency Cycle. He has also published a number of articles, both scholarly and popular, on topics related to his interests and has lectured nationally and internationally on subjects related to the academic study of spirituality.
Dr. Kurtz has taught American History and the History of Religion in America at the University of Georgia and Loyola University of Chicago. From 1978 to 1997, he served on the faculty of the Rutgers University Summer School of Alcohol Studies and from 1987 to 1997 as a lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. After a brief stint as Director of Research and Education at Guest House, then an alcoholism treatment facility for Catholic clergy, Ernie retired to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and began taking classes in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. He continued to travel widely offering presentations until late 1997, when a botched medical procedure led to spinal surgery that only partially restored his ability to stand and walk.
Noting that "it is ironic that I now walk like a drunk," Ernie now devotes time to the intricacies and possibilities of electronic research in this field
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"Readers of Not-God and The Spirituality of Imperfection and those of us who have been captivated by the lectures of Ernie Kurtz had long awaited this volume. Here under one cover is Kurtz at his best: historian, gadfly, teacher, interpreter, and master storyteller. Breathtaking in the depth of insight they contain, these are the most definitive essays ever written on Twelve-Step Recovery and Spirituality. This is MUST reading for any student of Alcoholics Anonymous and the evolution of spirituality in America. This book will touch your mind and your heart." -- William White, author Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment in America
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- PublisherBishop of Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1877686093
- ISBN 13 9781877686092
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages232
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st. Ernest Kurtz has been the outstanding thinker of the A.A. tradition's second generation, the one who played a constant leadership role in pushing the movement towards the highest professional standards of history writing and supplied some of its most influential interpretive concepts. His ideas are vitally important for anyone who wishes to understand A.A. history during the period following Bill Wilson's death in 1971.As a Ph.D. student at Harvard University in the 1970's, he was the first researcher to be granted full access to the archives of Alcoholics Anonymous. The book that resulted, Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous (1979), is still the classic work on early A.A. history. His book on the spiritual life-Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham, The Spirituality of Imperfection: Modern Wisdom from Classic Stories (1992)-is equally well known, and has also been an enduring best seller through the years since it appeared. His work on Shame & Guilt (orig. pub. 1981, rev. ed. 2007) has given a whole new depth to the discussion of those two vital recovery issues.This present book, containing twelve key articles written by Kurtz between 1982 and 1996, gives us a fourth volume from his hand, displaying the impressive range and breadth of his thought on alcoholism, addiction, and spirituality."Here under one cover is Kurtz at his best: historian, gadfly, teacher, interpreter, and master storyteller This is must reading for any student of Alcoholics Anonymous and the evolution of spirituality in America."-William L. White, author of Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 55859
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Stated First Edition. Table of Contents. Foreword by Thomas F. McGovern, Ed.D. dated February 9, 1999 at Texas Tech University. " . . . these are the most definitive essays ever written on Twelve Step Recovery and Spirituality. " (rear panel) 12 essays, 230 pp. plus Credits and Permissions. Book has shelf and edge wear, text block is as new. Inscription: Earl - / Enjoy ! / Ernie Kurtz -n blue ink. SIGNED by authorBookseller's Inventory # 241428. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001428
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