{"product_id":"soul-woundedness-spirituality-on-the-streets-of-seattle-9781531508388","title":"Soul Woundedness: Spirituality on the Streets of Seattle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profound exploration into the spiritual beliefs and practices of Seattle's unhoused youth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoul Woundedness \u003c\/i\u003eis an intimate, piercing book about everyday life for young adults living on the streets of Seattle. Based on over five years of research and as a participant-observer, Paul Houston Blankenship-Lai presents the personal experiences of \"street kids,\" highlighting how their spiritual beliefs and practices offer them comfort, a sense of community, and a feeling of belonging amidst their struggles. They also demonstrate how spirituality on the streets can alienate people from themselves and the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories Blankenship-Lai tells here are about how social wounds go soul deep, and how seemingly antireligious spiritual practices, fashioned in an almost unlivable local world, help people create a life still worth living. By paying deep, sustained attention to what spirituality is like on the streets and what difference it makes, Blankenship-Lai uncovers an important, overlooked dimension in the experience and study of homelessness. They invite us to enter these stories and to question how our own spiritual and otherwise practices can help create \"a more loving love.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAimed at a diverse audience, \u003ci\u003eSoul Woundedness \u003c\/i\u003eis a book not merely to educate but to transform. It is particularly relevant for those interested in spirituality's role in addressing social inequities and underscores the importance of spiritual practices in overcoming adversity and promoting social change, making a compelling case for a world where everyone has a place to call home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Houston Blankenship-Lai \u003c\/b\u003eis a spiritual companion and Assistant Professor\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eof Spirituality at the Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, Indiana. They\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ehave contributed to volumes on spiritual and religious responses to homelessness, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eincluding \u003ci\u003eLand of Stark Contrasts: Faith-Based\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eResponses to Homelessness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(Fordham, 2021) and \u003ci\u003eStreet Homelessness and Catholic Theological Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(Orbis, 2019).\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50916166500626,"sku":"9781531508388","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e3e7dd65-bc6d-44a6-9cff-acc8157de7fe.jpg?v=1738842045","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/soul-woundedness-spirituality-on-the-streets-of-seattle-9781531508388","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}