Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions
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- ISBN13: 9780061122439
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Addiction and Grace offers an inspiring and hope–filled vision for persons who desire to explore the mystery of who and what they really are. May examines the “processes of attachment” that lead to addiction and describes the relationship between addiction and spiritual awareness. He also details the various addictions from which we can suffer, not only to substances like alcohol and drugs, but to work, sex, performance, responsibility, and intimacy.
Drawing on his experience as a child psychiatrist effective with the chemically dependent, May emphasizes that addiction represents an attempt to assert perfect control over our lives. Addiction and Grace is a compassionate and wise treatment of a topic of major concern in these most addictive of times, one that can provide a critical yet hopeful guide to a place of freedom based on contemplative spirituality.
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I guess I was hoping for a book that contained more intuitive insight as a replacement for of the simple rehashing of religious doctrine. There is more to spirituality than Judeo-Christian myth. It seems that most “Christians” judge that the only way out of addiction is through religious dogma.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Yes, the word “grace” was in the title and I should have known better, but this book was way too religious. I had heard excellent things about this book and thought it was getting into the science of addiction and the biochemistry. But, just the style in which it was written was more than I could stomach. I couldn’t even end it.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Fantastic book with fantastic insight as to the fact that ALL are sddicted to SOMETHING. The book came in fantastic shape and I would recommend not only the book but the seller to ANYone!!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I establish this book to be helpful and enlightening but it sorry to say contains copious errors. So many errors that I was momentously troubled by the time I got to page 120 or so. The problem I had was if so many obvious errors exist, then what is the value of the entire text? Ultimately, as in a matter of faith, I had to make a choice based upon the entire message and concluded that the book is worthy–warts and all. So I rate the book as five stars for message and three stars for production–a total of four stars.
Dr. May reasonably carefully points out in the Preface that he is neither a “trained theologian nor a scriptural scholar.” Much of his theology is reasonably excellent and consistent with the body of existing literature. Never-the-less the book is replete with copious errors of interpretation and omission. And nearly all of these errors could have been identified and corrected if a more careful editing job and review had been performed–this process was poorly done. And coincidentally, fitting these errors would strengthen, rather than weaken the book’s message. I list some of the more serious errors not more than in the hopes that they will be fixed in a future edition of this book.
1) The discussion of the Garden of Eden tree of life and tree of knowledge contains errors and contradictions. Dr. May states on pg. 11 (par. 3) that Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat from both trees. He then reasons that God didn’t want them to eat the fruit from the tree of life (pg. 111, par. 2). Both statements are incorrect–see Genesis 2:16. Also see the highly rated: Champion Hamilton, “The Book of Genesis, Chapters 1-17,” New International Commentary of the Ancient Tribute, William B. Eerdmans, 1990, pp. 162-166.
2) In discussing the Exodus, Dr. May says that “we know that we do not want to go back to imprisonment”… (pg. 105, par 2). This is contradicted by Exodus 16:2 and his own statement on pg. 133 (par. 2)–”longing for the ancient days of slavery.”
3) He says the text at the end of pg. 120 closes the New Tribute (Rev 22:17)–it does not! In fact the actual closing text (Rev 22:21) is much closer to the message of the book than the text that he used, so I assume that this again was sloppy editing (“The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.” (NIV).)
4) He nowhere discusses several key Bible versus that tell to sin, grace, and election. For example, there is no discussion of Romans 3: 10-12 (Psalms 14: 2-3 and Psalms 53: 2-3). Here, Paul effectively says that in our unregenerated state we do not search for the right God–even if as Dr. May points out we are affected by our attachments and addictions. He also doesn’t mention 1 Corinthians 15:21-22–that it is the seed of Adam (sin) that affects all, but through Christ we are made alive. And that all have sinned but can be redeemed by God’s grace through Jesus (Romans 3:22-24). Similarly, the whole issue of election (“to choose”), as how God chooses us by grace not works, is not well treated (see: Ephesians 1: 4 and many others).
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
I establish this book to be very insightful and informative. I had a bit of a problem with what I feel are extremely wordy paragraphs that take too long to get to the point. But, I establish all of the answers I was searching for and then some.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5