![]() As the world grows more connected, a real understanding of global faiths only becomes more crucial. When he does, we know you'll enjoy the chance to laugh while you learn. As for his personal decision? We'll let him tell you that himself. It's an amazing story filled with such memorable characters as the UFO-worshipping Raëlians and the great Nepalese Buddhist sage Wayne-from-Staten-Island, but also a very real spiritual journey that teaches Eric deep truths. In Man Seeks God: My Flirtations With The Divine, Eric is prompted by a health scare to explore the world's religions and try them on for size. His book, The Geography of Bliss took him from Bhutan, where the government measures the country's well-being by its Gross Domestic Happiness, to Iceland, where strong communities and stiff drinks keep citizens cheery in the brutal cold. In The Socrates Express, Weiner invites us to voyage alongside him on his life-changing pursuit of wisdom and discovery as he attempts to find answers to our most vital questions. His newest book, The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons form Dead Philosophers, Eric travels by train, making stops in Athens, Delhi, Coney Island and points in between, to recapture philosophy’s original purpose: teaching us how to lead wiser, more meaningful lives. Since Eric is a former international correspondent for NPR and the New York Times, when he has questions, he travels. It's being published in 15 countries, from Bulgaria to Vietnam. He explores the history of places from ancient Athens to Renaissance Florence to modern day Silicon Valley in his New York Times bestseller The Geography of Genius. Now Eric seeks to answer the question of how creative genius flourishes in specific places at specific times. He calls it "funny/serious": a unique balance of skepticism and sincerity. But as you know if you've read Bliss, Eric has the special ability to take these big questions and make them personal: he brings an everyman's perspective, immediately sympathetic, full of humor, insight, and even self-doubt, that makes everything he talks about funny and real. His book, The Geography of Bliss, was about happiness (big topic) and, Man Seeks God, is about, well, God (even bigger topic), and in his New York Times bestseller The Geography of Genius, Eric followed the question of how creative genius flourishes in specific places at specific times from ancient Athens to Renaissance Florence to modern day Silicon Valley. ![]() Eric Weiner can't keep away from the big questions. ![]()
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