A Rumour of God: Rekindling Belief in an Age of Disenchantment. This item is unavailable.A Rumour of God: Rekindling Belief in an Age of Disenchantment

A Rumour of God explores a variety of routine experiences home, place, solitude, wonder, walking, and everyday epiphanies to show us the possibility of restoring the spiritual side of our lives. In an accessible yet thoughtful way, Robert Sibley recounts moments of being his and others that demonstrate how individuals might better respond emotionally and intellectually to the soul-sapping incoherence and disenchantment of the post-modern world. Drawing on the experiences of philosophers and theologians, writers and artists, explorers and spiritual adepts, he finds a source of ideas and practices everything from meditation and monastic retreat to a Sunday walk or an afternoon in the back yard that can restore a sense of equilibrium to our lives. Just as C.S Lewis once said we acquire faith by acting as believers, Sibley argues that we re-enchant the world by paying attention to our daily experiences.

Robert Sibley is an award-winning senior writer for the Ottawa Citizen. He holds a PhD in political science, and is the author of Northern Spirits, a well-received study of Canadian political thought published in 2008.