The Soul's Religion Cultivating a Profoundly Spiritual Way of Life

by Phil Cousineau

Where Moore invites you into the contemplative spaces of doubt and spiritual seeking, Cousineau takes that same restless questioning and sets it in motion—literally. He explores how travel becomes a spiritual practice when approached with intention, drawing from world religions just as Moore does, but grounding it in the physical act of moving through the world. You'll recognize Moore's compassionate voice in Cousineau's approach to finding the sacred in unexpected places.

by Joan Didion

This is your surprise recommendation—a memoir that reads like spiritual inquiry without ever announcing itself as such. Didion's unflinching examination of grief, faith, and the stories we tell ourselves about meaning mirrors Moore's insistence that true spirituality lives in the dark corners. Where Moore theorizes about doubt as fertile ground, Didion shows you what that actually feels like in raw, crystalline prose. It's less comforting than Moore, more devastating—and equally necessary.

by Mark Nepo

Nepo writes daily meditations that feel like conversations with a wise friend who's actually lived through suffering—he's a cancer survivor, and that hard-won wisdom permeates every entry. Like Moore, he draws from multiple spiritual traditions and refuses easy answers, but his format invites you to sit with one idea at a time rather than absorbing a whole philosophy. The intimacy you loved in Moore's writing is here too, but in smaller, more digestible doses.

by William James

Published in 1902, this is your bridge to a different era—and it's the intellectual ancestor of everything Moore writes. James was asking the same questions about personal faith, doubt, and the psychology of spiritual experience over a century ago, but with the rigor of a philosopher and psychologist. If you want to understand where Moore's thinking comes from, and why his embrace of doubt feels so revolutionary, James shows you the foundations. It's denser than Moore, but endlessly rewarding.