Sven Erlandson
Books
Prolific Writer — Powerful Content!
For over 25 years, Sven Erlandson has been a leader in the field of spirituality in America -- as it intersects sports, politics, religion, business, and relationships. He was the very first author to both name and delineate the 'spiritual but not religious' movement in America, long before the phrase entered America's common parlance, and even longer before the movement hit critical mass; and is recognized in Wikipedia for that cutting-edge work.
His articles have been published in major newspapers, international journals, ezines, and magazines.
Additionally, his books have been critically acclaimed as 'highly controversial', 'extremely cutting-edge', and more. Like his counseling and speaking, Sven's books have been challenging outdated ideas and radically changing lives for decades.
Learn more about the invaluable books about counseling that Sven has authored. Discover how important it is to reconnect to your soul.
There’s a Hole in My Love Cup
Are you depressed, but don't know why? Or is it inexplicable anxiety that grips your gut?
Do you, over and over, sabotage yourself, your career, or your relationship?
Is your relationship falling apart and you're not sure what to do?
Do you have it all, but still feel unfulfilled or even miserable inside?
Is your 20-year-old son or daughter unmotivated, causing you to feel ever more frustrated?
Does your mother or father continue, even well into your adulthood, to control or undermine your life?
If any of these sounds like you, we need to talk! That's the purpose of this book: a real conversation about what is causing the problems and unrest in your soul. But first, you must understand: One of the core truths of this book is that trying to change behaviors never changes behaviors, long term. Until there is a fundamental shift in the deep-down, core beliefs driving the behaviors, no changes will ever stick. Most importantly, the beliefs driving your life are neither visible to you nor were they ever chosen by you.
Your depression and anxiety are, at their root, the result of a life disconnected from your soul - your own true self, which has been waiting for decades, deep inside, to be rediscovered. In this book, I reconnect you to your true voice, free you from the fears that dog you, and give you the courage to finally experience true aliveness, lasting joy, and inner peace.
Love Cup in Spanish
Love Cup in French
There’s a Hole in My Love Cup - Official Workbook
Badass Wisdom
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Ebook, Paperback, & Hardcover
Are you uninspired? Unmotivated? Depressed or full of anxiety? Do you desire to shed all the old crud you’ve been stuck in, and finally experience true ALIVENESS? Or maybe you’ve done a lot of the healing work, but crave more or would love fresh inspiration and challenges each day!
Badass Wisdom is the book that takes you, day by day, into powerful thoughts, deep questions, and penetrating quotes to help you begin to heal and finally come alive or expand your ALIVENESS to new heights. Sometimes funny and very personal, yet always challenging, this book is no normal meditation/self-care book. It’s powerful life learnings from the Master Badass, himself, Sven Erlandson. 30 years of counseling people in all situations of life, decades of learning at the feet of his wise, old mother, and a rugged life of his own all come together in this book to kick your ass and hold your hand, so you can finally fly at full wingspan! Are you ready?
Badass Jesus: The Serious Athlete and a Life of Noble Purpose
About the Book: This isn’t your grandma’s Jesus. This book is for those who need a Jesus who was:
a fighter
a ferocious personality
a man of fire and courage
a man who had hell in his blood and mad love in his heart.
This book is for a rare class of athletes: the fiercest and most intense. It is for the lions, the wild horses, and the badasses, who naturally possess the strongest potential for great leadership.
Badass Jesus will powerfully challenge your spirituality. Focused on Jesus’ core principle rather than all the differing beliefs of Christian churches, Badass Jesus offers a simple new vision of intense faith: Jesus’ ethos of extreme self-sacrifice mixed with his 1st and Greatest Commandments of radical, noble love – all dedicated to serving God and changing the world.
Rescuing God From Christianity: A Closet Christian, Non-Christian, and Christmas Christian’s Guide to Radically Re-Thinking God Stuff
Finally, a usable and relevant reinterpretation of Christian Scripture, using metaphor rather than literalism.
A challenging, life-changing new path for the spiritual seeker and for all who believe in God, but whose souls the Church cannot satisfy.
The 7 Evangelical Myths: Untwisting the Theology Behind Politics
Written during the height of the presidency of George W. Bush, 7 Myths is written for people who are tired of the overreaching of evangelical Christianity, particularly as it intrudes on American politics.
Through critical exploration of Christian doctrine and Jesus’ teachings on love, noted author Sven Erlandson exposes the flaws in evangelical theology and provides penetrating insights for those trying to counter evangelicalism and restore some measure of balance to American politics.
Spiritual But Not Religious
A BOOK WELL AHEAD OF ITS TIME
This seminal book by author Sven Erlandson put him and his work on the map and forever influenced future authors in the field of American spirituality. Raw, fresh, and deep, this book is everything the individual seeker could need, yet everything institutionalized religion fears.
From the Back Cover:
For many spiritual people in America, the Christian Church has lost its appeal. Americans have become disenchanted with the Church's unbelievable story and ugly history. They have been turned off by the Church's use of outdated and hard-to-understand language and music. And they have become contemptuous of Church leadership littered with the uninspired, overbearing, and weak. This has created an exodus from organized religion that, in turn, has created an enormous spiritual longing in America.
Spiritual But Not Religious takes a deep look at this ever-growing problem, which in the new century is strengthening its grip on younger America and posing a mortal threat to the Church--a threat the Church has been too afraid to look at. Challenging, fascinating, and oftentimes humorous, Spiritual But Not Religious closely examines the exodus from the Church, citing its causes and implications. It also offers a detailed plan for what the Church must do to not only regain its lost members, but to regain its lost spirit. Let there be no doubt, a revolution is needed! Spiritual But Not Religious is the call for that revolution.
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