{"product_id":"no-sacred-excuses-9798198677555","title":"No Sacred Excuses","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Philip Stengel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Motivational \u0026amp; Inspirational\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou do not need a church to be religious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou only need something you refuse to question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Sacred Excuses\u003c\/i\u003e is a hard, unsparing nonfiction manifesto about the lies people protect because those lies have become useful. It takes aim at the modern habit of turning pain, politics, identity, morality, freedom, safety, truth, compassion, intelligence, success, love, apology, rebellion, attention, art, authenticity, healing, enemies, legacy, happiness, justice, mercy, and purpose into hiding places for fear, vanity, control, cowardice, and appetite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a comfort book. It is not here to validate every wound, flatter every tribe, or turn weakness into poetry. It examines the sacred language people use to avoid responsibility, the slogans they use to stop thought, the public masks they wear in place of character, and the private lies they keep defending because surrendering them would cost more than being offended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book's central demand is simple: stop treating your favorite excuse as holy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross twenty-nine chapters and an epilogue, \u003ci\u003eNo Sacred Excuses\u003c\/i\u003e forces the reader through a direct audit of the self, the crowd, the wound, the ideology, the performance, the apology, the enemy, the future, and the final lie that says change can remain theoretical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsight is not repair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConviction is not character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehavior is the evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you want a book that tells you your pain explains everything, this is the wrong book. If you want a book that asks what your pain has been allowed to excuse, keep reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890311741591,"sku":"9798198677555","price":1487.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798198677555.webp?v=1781179496","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/no-sacred-excuses-9798198677555","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}