{"product_id":"9780982453056","title":"American Guru","description":"American Guru is a multifaceted account of life in the contemporary \u003cp\u003espiritual community known as EnlightenNext, and the controversial \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"teaching methods\" of its New York-born founder, self-proclaimed \"guru\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Cohen. With contributions from several of Cohen's former \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estudents, William Yenner recalls the thirteen-year trajectory of his \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecareer as a leader and manager in Cohen's community--his early days as \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean idealistic \"seeker,\" his years of service on EnlightenNext's Board of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirectors, his ultimate disillusionment and departure,and his efforts to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emake sense of his experiences as a once-devoted follower of a \"Teacher \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Evolutionary Enlightenment.\" With wit and insight, Yenner and his \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecolleagues have produced a riveting cautionary tale on the dangers of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eauthoritarian spirituality, and an insider'scase study on the promises \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand pitfalls of postmodern discipleship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"William Yenner's courageous exposé, American Guru, is a powerful \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereminder that all of our tendencies toward idealization of dharma \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eteachers must be carefully examined.\" -William Morgan, Psy.D., member of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy,co-author of Mindfulness \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Psychotherapy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"William Yenner's true, uncensored-and finally ungagged-moving personal \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estory, in combination with the powerful reflections, recollections and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtributions of other former community members, makes American Guru an \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eessential source document for the study and understanding of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eauthoritarian spiritual sects.\" -Hal Blacker, former editor of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnlightenNext magazine \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"American Guru is not a mean-spirited book. It is, rather, a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erefreshingly honest one.\" -David Christopher Lane, Ph.D., Professor of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosophy, Mt. San Antonio College \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheck out the book online at www.americanguru.net\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Epigraph Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034503889136,"sku":"9780982453056","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780982453056_p0.jpg?v=1763884310","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780982453056","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}