{"product_id":"9781640606661-the-fire-within","title":"The Fire Within","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesire, Sexuality, Longing, and God\u003cbr\u003eFrom best-selling author and speaker Fr. Ronald Rolheiser comes \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Within: Desire, Sexuality, Longing, and God.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor most religious people, the words \u003c\/i\u003eGod\u003ci\u003e and \u003c\/i\u003esex\u003ci\u003e never go together.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e God is conceived of as holy, pure, sexless, and as morally above the raw desires that so powerfully beset us. Sex, on the other hand, is conceived of as earthy and unholy, something we must snatch, and not without guilt, from the gods. Christianity has struggled mightily with sex; so too have most other religions. And yet when we look at sexual desire and ask where it comes from, there can be only one answer. It comes from God.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This is a book on desire, its experience, its origins, its meaning, and how it might be generatively channeled. Sexuality is inside us to help lure us back to God, but dealing with this fire inside us is a lifelong struggle. Ron Rolheiser sheds light on this mystery and the journey it takes us on in these tantalizing fragments that help give us permission to feel what we feel and know that God is still smiling on us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56592389669238,"sku":"9781640606661","price":14.63,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28101713.jpg?v=1762260183","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781640606661-the-fire-within","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}