A compelling, thematically rich, and deeply personal book, for readers exploring spirituality, personal growth, and the intricate relationship between faith and the natural world.

Library Journal

Jones offers thoughtful observations, rich inner conversation, and insightful spiritual musings. Whether outdoor enthusiasts or not, readers will find much to ponder.

Booklist

I have read a lot of books in my life, but never one like this. Wherever you are on the food chain-a passionate hunter like Tony or a cauliflower steak eater like me-this captivating memoir will take you places you might never have gone on your own: into the elemental mysteries of life, death, creatureliness, and divinity with someone who has turned from the orderliness of religion to find salvation in the God of the Wild. I'm glad I went.

Barbara Brown Taylor, author of Leaving Church and Learning to Walk in the Dark

I love this book. I love its honesty, its tenderness, its craft, its settings, its quests and questions, and the profound mysteries toward which it bows. It takes you places you need to go. And it is so well written you will reread many passages.

Brian McLaren, author, activist, and fly fisherman

Decades ago, a wise man told me that the best writing is honest writing. The God of Wild Places is exactly that, honest writing-beautifully honest. So pure, so true-reading it was like breathing the fresh, crisp air of Tony Jones's cherished wildlands. It is at once a theological history lesson and an autobiography, a rare work that inspires, teaches and entertains. I loved it!

Jim Shockey, host of Uncharted and author of Call Me Hunter

In his newest writing, Tony has managed to weave together into one beautiful but foreboding tapestry, the surprisingly unpredictable nature of life in the suburbs, with the unexpected but predictable cycles of nature in the wild places. I found myself leaning in toward the page and then beyond, into the counterintuitive teaching that has always been at the heart of the wisdom of the ages. I loved it!

Suzanne Stabile, author of The Path Between Us, The Journey Toward Wholeness, host of The Enneagram Journey Podcast, and co-author of The Road Back to You, with Ian Morgan Cron