{"product_id":"my-god","title":"My God, My God: An Alphabet of Internal Archery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy God, My God: An Alphabet of Internal Archery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a richly layered and original exploration of faith, selfhood, and the enduring mystery of God in the modern world. In a series of alphabetically arranged reflections, Mark Patrick Hederman draws together memoir, theology, philosophy, literature, and cultural history to illuminate the deepest questions of human existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the startling idea that God is in love with creation, Hederman invites readers into a lifelong dialogue between the human person and the divine. Through personal stories – from rural Ireland to Paris in the era of Vatican II – he examines how identity is formed, how belief survives doubt, and how each individual becomes a unique “I” within a vast and interconnected universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCentral to the book is a vision of spirituality that is both ancient and radically fresh. Engaging with Eastern and Western Christian traditions, Hederman explores the concept of divine “energy” (\u003ci\u003eenergeia\u003c\/i\u003e) – a living presence accessible to every person—and the idea that human beings are called into a dynamic partnership with God. Faith here is not merely doctrine, but relationship, participation, and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy God, My God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econfronts the challenges of contemporary culture. It grapples with the “death of God” narrative, the authority and failures of institutional religion, and the dominance of scientific rationalism, offering instead a recovery of myth, imagination, and symbolic ways of knowing. Hederman argues that these are not relics of the past but essential tools for understanding realities that lie beyond logic alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout, the book returns to one central insight: each person is utterly unique, irreplaceable, and called into a relationship of love that transcends biology, psychology, and history. Heaven and hell are not distant places, but conditions shaped by our freedom – by our capacity to accept or refuse that love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with intellectual depth, wit, and poetic sensitivity,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy God, My God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003espeaks equally to believers, sceptics, and seekers. It offers not a system of answers, but a profound invitation: to rediscover the divine within the fabric of everyday life, and to uncover, within oneself, a path toward meaning, connection, and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacristy Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55649857831288,"sku":"9781789594386","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-book","offer_id":55649857864056,"sku":"9781789594409","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kindle","offer_id":55649857896824,"sku":"9781789594393","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/1903\/1865\/files\/9781789594386-frontcover.jpg?v=1788704973","url":"https:\/\/www.sacristy.co.uk\/products\/my-god","provider":"Sacristy Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}