{"product_id":"the-grateful-beast","title":"The Grateful Beast","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this beautiful and moving book, bestselling author Tim DeRoche makes the case that human beings are hardwired to worship.\u003c\/b\u003e Drawing from evolutionary psychology, he argues that we cannot help but experience life as a gift. And, whether we admit it or not, our biological instincts leave us yearning for a right relationship with the unseen giver.What makes us human? It is the instinct to give and receive gifts from one another. DeRoche shows how thinkers throughout history have obsessed over issues of \u003ci\u003ereciprocity \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e social obligation\u003c\/i\u003e Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, the anthropologist Marcel Mauss, the Freudian psychologist Ernest Becker, and so many more. And these themes echo through the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, which can be read as an extended meditation on what it means to be indebted to God for life itself.\u003ci\u003eThe Grateful Beast\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new take on the plight of modern man, urging us to acknowledge the full mystery of life and to accept the weight of infinite gratitude. ","brand":"Redtail Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50013772349690,"sku":"9780999277645","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/1253\/1962\/files\/imageloader_3e8cab6b-9e43-4f00-b54d-ee2d24caf40c.jpg?v=1786133834","url":"https:\/\/mindsourcebooks.com\/products\/the-grateful-beast","provider":"Mind Source Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}