Soul Boom by Rainn Wilson

Read the full post at - Soul Boom by Rainn Wilson I stumbled across Rainn Wilson’s podcast Soul Boom the way I stumble across most things I didn’t know I was interested in — serendipitously. One episode led to another, and after just a few episodes I had a decent sense of what he’s been up to since The Office wrapped. The short version: he’s been on a genuine, years-long mission to make big philosophical and spiritual questions feel normal to talk about. Soul Boom is the book version of that mission. What the Book Is About Wilson’s central argument — his “soul boom” thesis — is that the world is experiencing a crisis of meaning, and that the antidote isn’t another political movement or productivity system. It’s a return to the kinds of deep personal questions that most of us quietly shelve: Why are we here? What do we owe each other? What does a good life actually look like? He draws on his own spiritual journey, his Bahá’í faith, and a wide range of philosophical and religious…