{"product_id":"shadowing-st-francis-a-pilgrimage-of-sacred-emergence-in-the-age-of-ai-9781968136376","title":"Shadowing St. Francis: A Pilgrimage of sacred emergence in the age of AI","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e#1 Bestseller - Christian Mysticism \u0026amp; Process Theology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if orthodoxy is dead and AI knows why? A barefoot monk, a broken church, and an open future.\u003cp\u003eA retired tech entrepreneur. Fifty years as a committed evangelical. A decade of faith deconstruction he couldn't outrun. And a 120-mile pilgrimage through Italy that changed everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadowing St. Francis\u003c\/i\u003e follows Jonathan Bentley from Florence to Assisi to Rome, walking the ancient path of a man who stripped naked in the town square, handed his clothes to his father, and walked into the woods to find God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight hundred years later, Francis of Assisi still has something to say-to those exhausted by certainty, wounded by the church, and wondering what faith looks like in a world of algorithms and anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers of \u003c\/b\u003eRob Bell, Barbara Brown Taylor, Richard Rohr, Brian McLaren, Rachel Held Evans, and Henri Nouwen-anyone asking bigger questions about faith after certainty has failed them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is for you if you: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou're navigating faith deconstruction or spiritual reconstruction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou've been hurt by weaponized religion or toxic theology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou've given up on church but not on Jesus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou want to understand what Saint Francis says to our anxious, algorithmic age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou're curious about AI and what it means for human flourishing and faith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you'll find inside: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA spiritual memoir of deconstruction and reconstruction-not based on creeds and doctrine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn introduction to Open and Relational Theology and process theology-a God who walks with us rather than scripting our lives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflections on St. Francis as a guide for post-evangelical and progressive Christian faith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn unexpected conversation between ancient mysticism and artificial intelligence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eShadowing St. Francis\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Profoundly hopeful... Bentley's storytelling gives theology a human face.\" -Thomas Jay Oord, author of \u003ci\u003eOpen and Relational Theology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a book for question-askers and those who suspect that the gospel might be wider and wilder than we've been told.\" -Keri Ladouceur, Executive Director \u0026amp; Co-Founder, Post Evangelical Collective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You cannot think your way to God. In this pilgrimage, ideas are not argued but lived-textured with doubt, humor, longing, and faith.\" -Samantha Beach Kiley, co-author of \u003ci\u003eNext Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What happens when theology steps out of abstraction and onto the road-faith moving beyond rivalry into something freer.\" -Jonathan Foster, author of \u003ci\u003eTheology of Consent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadowing St. Francis\u003c\/i\u003e is published by SacraSage Press\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTopics and themes explored in this book: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaith deconstruction, spiritual reconstruction, post-evangelical faith, progressive Christianity, exvangelical journey, leaving evangelicalism, church hurt, religious trauma recovery, toxic theology, spiritual but not religious, contemplative Christianity, Christian mysticism, contemplative prayer, centering prayer, spiritual formation, dark night of the soul, faith crisis, faith transition, doubting faith, questioning Christianity, reconstructing faith, emergent Christianity, Open and Relational Theology, process theology, relational theology, panentheism, Franciscan spirituality, Christian pilgrimage, walking pilgrimage, Way of St. Francis, spiritual memoir, spiritual journey, mystical theology, contemplative spirituality, non-dual Christianity, divine love, post-church faith, faith after certainty, spiritual awakening\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers who enjoy: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Merton, Henri Nouwen, Brian McLaren, Rachel Held Evans, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Diana Butler Bass, John Philip Newell, Marcus Borg, John Shelby Spong, Anne Lamott, Brennan Manning, Frederick Buechner, Parker Palmer, Joan Chittister, James Martin, Kathleen Norris, Phyllis Tickle, Peter Rollins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sacrasage Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51890631803154,"sku":"9781968136376","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b14e93c1-d65c-4b53-bb27-87e2c138e14f.jpg?v=1768312166","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shadowing-st-francis-a-pilgrimage-of-sacred-emergence-in-the-age-of-ai-9781968136376","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}