About the Author: Richard Watts
Richard Watts, author of “Hungers of the Heart: Spirituality and Religion for the 21st Century.” He’s also co-author, with John Dominic Crossan, of “Who is Jesus?: Answers to Your Questions About the Historical Jesus.” He served as a Presbyterian minister for various Illinois churches for 24 years, and was Tom’s childhood pastor. He also served as a staff member and consultant for the National Presbyterian Peacemaking Program –and traveled with peacemaking seminars to Germany, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.
Hungers of the Heart is written especially for persons who tend to be "turned off" by organized religion, but want to develop a deeper personal spiritual life.