This resource helps adults explore the issues of discipleship and theology through guided interaction from selections of American literature. Includes excerpts from the works of eight contemporary American authors: Bell Hooks, Michael Malone, Sue Miller, Allegra Goodman, Robert Olen Butler, Alice Elliott Dark, Doris Betts, and Kent Haruf.

Listening for God is a resource intended to help readers investigate how life and faith merge in surprising ways and places. The authors lead a tour through contemporary American literature to show how God is discovered in unpredictable locations.

• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress

Augsburg Fortress is the publishing ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Funded through sales revenue, Augsburg Fortress is called to provide products and services that communicate the Gospel, enhance faith, and enrich the life of the Christian community from a Lutheran perspective.