The Search for Shalom
The Quest for Peace in an Age of High Anxiety
- Christian Living
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
Many analysts have noted that this is an age of high anxiety. Nowadays, most bookstores have shelves of books documenting people's anxious condition and offering a variety of self-help cures. The Search for Shalom is not a self-help book. Rather, it argues that self-guided efforts to treat this anxious condition will only make it worse. The search for peace must lead elsewhere. Many people have been scammed by Satan, the prince of scammers. As a result, they don't give much attention to the one who actually offers them shalom--true peace. Instead, they continue to be controlled by their fears and anxieties. People spend their lives serving various idols, the most popular of which is Mammon. They nurture their grudges, refuse to forgive, and live in the rubble of broken relationships. Some of those who consider themselves Christians, instead of serving as ministers of reconciliation, enlist as soldiers in the culture wars and end up fighting the wrong battles with the wrong weapons. Many people, therefore, live in a state of war. No one should be surprised, therefore, at the sharp rise in the use of antidepressants and antianxiety medications. So where can people find peace?
Endorsements (4)
“The problem of stress and anxiety is everywhere today—in all corners and age groups. To resist anxiety’s power, Will Dickerson shows us the need to understand and live out a biblical shalom. Shalom shows us a way of seeing the world and its meaning as a foundation from which to face the difficult and unexpected with purpose and hope. He does this by giving us fresh ways to understand biblical texts while also connecting them to the depth of the larger Christian story.”
“Will Dickerson has provided a keen and much needed insight into the ‘full and meaningful life’ which comes to us through the Hebrew and Christian faiths. His own personal journey is inspired and inspiring. His thirty years as a Christian teacher to students reared under atheistic Communism provides him a keen insight lacking to most ‘westerners.’ His theological depth on subjects like ‘heaven and hell’ give us a much-needed textbook. His clarity of writing makes his book appealing to a diverse audience.”
“In our often jangled and frenzied quest for peace and rest, Will Dickerson is a humble shepherd shining the light of scripture and the lessons of history into the dark places where the monsters that frighten us reside. With the skill of a seasoned teacher, he guides us with honesty and hope. The Search for Shalom is not a fix-it manual. Instead imagine stepping into a gallery, a museum of grace in which our author points at times to a story, there to a poem, and here to a song. Gradually as our racing heart subsides and our eyes adjust to the softer light, we begin to discover that we are inhabiting that place for which our souls long so deeply and desperately. We find ourselves in the Savior’s embrace. Shalom.”
“Simple truths, profound challenge. This book explores many simple and clear teachings of the Bible such as patience, forgiveness, generosity, reconciliation—and why living them is harder than understanding them. With honesty and hope, it invites readers to consider how love for God shapes not just what we believe, but who we become. A call to authentic faith formed by character, not convenience.”
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