"Enriching. . . A well-written, absorbing depiction of a fascinating school."
-- The Boston Globe
In 1985, Ari L. Goldman took a year's leave from his job as a religion reporter for The New York Times and
enrolled in the Harvard Divinity School. What began as a project to deepen his knowledge of world religion became
an extraordinary journey of spiritual illumination. Written with warmth, humor, and penetrating clarity, Goldman
describes his extraordinary year, the surprising and enlightening students and teachers, he met, and his ongoing
quest to determine what it means to take religion seriously today.
