{"product_id":"paradise-lust-searching-for-the-garden-of-eden-paperback","title":"Paradise Lust: Searching for the Garden of Eden - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrook Wilensky-Lanford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"certainly weird . . . strangely wonderful . . . [and] often irresistible\" search to find the real Garden of Eden (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere, precisely, was God's Paradise? St. Augustine had a theory. So did medieval monks, John Calvin and Christopher Columbus. But when Darwin's theory of evolution changed our understanding of human origins, shouldn't the desire to put a literal Eden on the map have faded away? Not so fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \"gloriously researched, pluckily written historical and anecdotal assay of humankind's age-old quixotic quest for the exact location of the Biblical garden\" (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e) explores an obsession that has consumed scientists and theologians alike for centuries. To this day, the search continues, taken up by amateur explorers, clergymen, scholars, engineers and educators--romantic seekers all who started with the same simple-sounding Bible verses, only to end up at a different spot on the globe: Sri Lanka, the Seychelles, the North Pole, Mesopotamia, China, Iraq--and Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by an Eden seeker in her own family, \"Wilensky-Lanford approaches her subjects with respect, enthusiasm and conscientious research\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) as she traverses a century-spanning history provoking surprising insights into where we came from, what we did wrong, and where we go from here. And it all makes for \"a lively journey\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrook Wilensky-Lanford\u003c\/b\u003e is a religion writer, editor, and teacher. The author of \u003ci\u003eParadise Lust: Searching for the Garden of Eden\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice, and former managing editor of \u003ci\u003eKilling the Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e, her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Currently the Associate Director of Sacred Writes Public Scholarship, she holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Columbia University and a PhD in Religion in the Americas from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 11, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380379533490,"sku":"9780802145840","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/RV8C6pLoOl9780802145840.webp?v=1783106492","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/paradise-lust-searching-for-the-garden-of-eden-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}