In Search of a Prophet is a journey through the all-embracing spirituality of Kahlil Gibran, author of the bestselling book The Prophet. PAUL-GORDON CHANDLER explores this beloved writer, poet-artist, mystic, and unparalleled guide in the midst of today’s global challenges.
CHANDLER is an author, interfaith advocate, art curator, Episcopal priest, and social entrepreneur who has lived and worked in the Middle East and North Africa for many years. An authority on the Middle East and on Christian-Muslim relations, from 2003–2013 he was rector of the international Episcopal Church in Cairo, Egypt. He is the founding president of CARAVAN, an international peacebuilding nonprofit that uses the arts to build bridges between the Middle East and the West. He is also the author of Pilgrims of Christ on the Muslim Road: Exploring a New Path Between Two Faiths and Songs in Waiting.
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.