Moore draws on the twelve years he lived as a monk to examine the beauty and humor of the monk's life. He suggests a way of finding spirituality and nurturing the soul that can be applied in any walk of life.

Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who've turned away from religious institutions-and others who have lived wholly without religion-hunger for more than what contemporary secular life has to offer but are reluctant to follow organized religion's strict and often inflexible path to spirituality. In A Religion of One's Own, bestselling author and former monk Thomas Moore explores the myriad possibilities of creating a personal spiritual...