Dr. Samir Selmanovic New book

Author traces a spiritual odyssey to a personal encounter with God

A convert from Islam to Christianity has concluded that a personal encounter with God can be powerful enough to transcend any one faith tradition. "It's not really about any one religion or belief system," writes Dr. Samir Selmanovic, co-founder of Faith House Manhattan and author of It's Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian (Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, $24.95). "It's really all about God, who is about all of us and cannot be owned by any of us."

This press release popped up as I recently set a google news alert to Marcus Borg. He commented on the book by calling it "a remarkable book that combines memoir, insight, wisdom, passion and compassion."