Low Anthropology
A New Book from Author & Theologian David Zahl
Available Wherever Books Are Sold
Many of us spend our days feeling like we’re the only one with problems, while everyone else has their act together. But the sooner we realize that everyone struggles like we do, the sooner we can show grace to ourselves and others.
In Low Anthropology, popular author and pastor David Zahl explores how our ideas about human nature influence our expectations in friendship, work, marriage, and politics. We all go through life with an “anthropology”–ideas about what human beings are like, our potentials and our limitations. A high anthropology can breed perfectionism, anxiety, burnout, loneliness, and resentment. Meanwhile, Zahl invites readers into a biblically rooted and life-giving low anthropology, which fosters hope, deep connection with others, lasting love, vulnerability, compassion, and happiness.
Zahl offers a liberating view of human nature, sin, and grace, showing why the good news of Christianity is both urgent and appealing. By embracing a more accurate view of human beings, readers will discover a lasting hope for others–and themselves.
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Also, the small group Study Guide to Low Anthropology is NOW AVAILABLE for free. With opening ice breakers, key quotes, and accompanying Bible verses, it’s pretty much a plug-and-play aid for small group leaders. To download, click here.
Join the Tour
Dates and times subject to change. Please direct all book tour inquiries to lowanthropology@gmail.
Tues Sept 13th (6-8pm) — Charlottesville, VA (Woolen Mills)
Tues Sept 20th (12:00pm) — Nashville, TN (St. George’s Episcopal Church)
Tues Sept 20th (5:30pm) — Columbia, TN (St. Peter’s Episcopal Church)
Weds Sept 21st (5:30pm) — Memphis, TN (St. John’s Episcopal Church)
Thurs Sept 22nd (7:00pm) — Birmingham, AL (Cranmer House)
Weds Oct 5th (7:00pm) — Washington, DC (All Saints Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase)
Thurs Oct 6th (7:00pm) — New York, NY (Chapel at St George’s Episcopal Church)
Sun Oct 9th (9:15am) — Upperville, VA (Trinity Episcopal Church)
Sat Oct 15th (8:45am) — San Diego, CA (1517’s Here We Still Stand Conference)
Sat Oct 15th (5:00pm) — Burbank, CA (All Souls Church)
Sun Oct 16th (9:30am) — Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA (Ascension Lutheran Church)
Sun Oct 16th (3:00pm) — Pacific Palisades, CA (Private Home – email info@mbird.com for details)
Thurs Oct 27th (7:00pm) — Dallas, TX (All Saints Anglican Church)
Sat Oct 29th (10:00am) — Tyler, TX (Mbird Tyler Conference)
Sun Oct 30th (10:15am) — Waco, TX (St. Alban’s Episcopal Church)
Weds Nov 2nd (5:30pm) — Richmond, VA (St. James Episcopal Church)
Nov 10th (7:00pm) — Ligonier, PA (Town Hall)
Weds Nov 16th (7:00pm) — Minneapolis, MN (Hope Community Church)
Thurs Nov 17th (7:00pm) — St Paul, MN (Concordia University)
Fri Nov 18th (7:00pm) — Bloomington, MN (St. Michael’s Lutheran Church)
Sun Dec 4th (9:30am) — Ivy, VA (St Pauls Episcopal Church)
Tues Dec 6th (6:30pm) — Wilmington, NC (St. James Parish)
Weds Dec 7th (7:00pm) — Charlotte, NC (Christ Episcopal Church)
Thurs Jan 19th (7:00pm) — St. Augustine, FL (Trinity Episcopal Church)
Sat Jan 21 (2:00pm) — Winter Park, FL (Mbird Orlando Conference)*
Sun Jan 22 (9:00am) — Winter Park, FL (All Saints Episcopal Church)
Sat Feb 25th (time TBD) — Austin, TX (Covenant Presbyterian Church)
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About the Author
David Zahl is founder and director of Mockingbird Ministries, which receives more than 1 million website pageviews per year and has 35,000 newsletter subscribers and social media followers. He is editor in chief of the Mockingbird blog and cohost of the Mockingcast podcast. Zahl wrote the critically acclaimed book Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It and has written for Christianity Today and the Washington Post. He lives with his wife and three boys in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he also serves on the staff of Christ Episcopal Church.
“The truth is, we have plenty of great volumes on prayer, plenty on vocation and justice and sanctification and suffering even. But we are always coming up empty in the category of give-to-anyone books that aren’t loaded with Christianese. Writing that engages with people on their own terms and makes faith in God (and God’s grace!) intelligible — both intellectually and emotionally. The sort of book you might give your agnostic uncle or spiritual-but-not-religious sister-in-law at Christmas.”
David Zahl, “Why I Wrote Low Anthropology” – Read more here.
