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It's not you, it's everything : what our pain reveals about the anxious pursuit of the good life, Eric Minton
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- "If we can agree on anything, it's that we are not okay. Our culture is reeling from the ravages of a global pandemic, a precipitous rise in depression and anxiety, suffocating debt, white supremacy, hypercapitalism, and a virulent political animus--to name a few. But what if it's not us? What if it's... well, everything? What if trying to conform to a sick culture is actually making us sick? It's Not You, It's Everything is a timely and incisive inquiry into the anxious pursuit of happiness at all costs. Psychotherapist and former pastor Eric Minton claims that the pernicious melding of capitalism and Christianity means a world of competition, perfection, and scarcity disguised as self-help and self-care. Rather than shaming, silencing, or medicating away our disappointment at not having obtained the happiness we were promised, however, Minton posits a radical alternative. In an impertinent, droll, yet pastoral voice, Minton suggests that our "not-okayness" will require rethinking everything we thought we knew about God, depression, the economy, culture, education, technology, and happiness. Our angst--and that of our children and teenagers--is telling us the truth about the kind of world we've created. By naming all the ways we're not okay, we move away from fear and shame and toward love, and trust, and trustworthiness. We'll need nothing less than hip-hop, Mr. Rogers, liberation theology, and Jesus to get us there. But on the other side of our pain is a radical "okayness" that might just set us free"--
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- eng
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- It's not you, it's everything : what our pain reveals about the anxious pursuit of the good life
- Title
- It's not you, it's everything
- Title remainder
- what our pain reveals about the anxious pursuit of the good life
- Statement of responsibility
- Eric Minton
- Title variation
- It is not you, it is everything
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "If we can agree on anything, it's that we are not okay. Our culture is reeling from the ravages of a global pandemic, a precipitous rise in depression and anxiety, suffocating debt, white supremacy, hypercapitalism, and a virulent political animus--to name a few. But what if it's not us? What if it's... well, everything? What if trying to conform to a sick culture is actually making us sick? It's Not You, It's Everything is a timely and incisive inquiry into the anxious pursuit of happiness at all costs. Psychotherapist and former pastor Eric Minton claims that the pernicious melding of capitalism and Christianity means a world of competition, perfection, and scarcity disguised as self-help and self-care. Rather than shaming, silencing, or medicating away our disappointment at not having obtained the happiness we were promised, however, Minton posits a radical alternative. In an impertinent, droll, yet pastoral voice, Minton suggests that our "not-okayness" will require rethinking everything we thought we knew about God, depression, the economy, culture, education, technology, and happiness. Our angst--and that of our children and teenagers--is telling us the truth about the kind of world we've created. By naming all the ways we're not okay, we move away from fear and shame and toward love, and trust, and trustworthiness. We'll need nothing less than hip-hop, Mr. Rogers, liberation theology, and Jesus to get us there. But on the other side of our pain is a radical "okayness" that might just set us free"--
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- Minton, Eric
- Dewey number
- 241/.4
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- BV4647.J68
- LC item number
- M55 2022
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Joy
- Happiness
- Spiritual life
- Label
- It's not you, it's everything : what our pain reveals about the anxious pursuit of the good life, Eric Minton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198)
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- volume
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- vi, 198 pages
- Isbn
- 9781506471914
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- (OCoLC)on1315761839
- (OCoLC)on1315761839
- Label
- It's not you, it's everything : what our pain reveals about the anxious pursuit of the good life, Eric Minton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- vi, 198 pages
- Isbn
- 9781506471914
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)on1315761839
- (OCoLC)on1315761839
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