Words of Spirituality: Exploring the inner life
Abba, give me a word!’ So young monks and visitors to desert monasteries would often address an elder’ at the beginning of the fourth century. These seekers believed that a word originating outside oneself would descend into the heart and give direction to one’s inner life. Enzo Bianchi has tried to let himself be guided by the biblical and patristic tradition in Words of Spirituality, his response to the requests of those who ask him for a reason for his hope’. These words’ of Fr Bianchi are not listed alphabetically or by theme. Rather they are arranged to take us on a journey. Through the use of a method of allusions and cross-references, one term evokes another, explains it in part, and sets aside some elements of its definition to be taken up further on. At the heart of the book is the conviction that our life has meaning: it is not our task to invent or determine that meaning, but simply to discover it present and active in and around us.
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Words of Spirituality: Exploring the inner life
Abba, give me a word!’ So young monks and visitors to desert monasteries would often address an elder’ at the beginning of the fourth century. These seekers believed that a word originating outside oneself would descend into the heart and give direction to one’s inner life. Enzo Bianchi has tried to let himself be guided by the biblical and patristic tradition in Words of Spirituality, his response to the requests of those who ask him for a reason for his hope’. These words’ of Fr Bianchi are not listed alphabetically or by theme. Rather they are arranged to take us on a journey. Through the use of a method of allusions and cross-references, one term evokes another, explains it in part, and sets aside some elements of its definition to be taken up further on. At the heart of the book is the conviction that our life has meaning: it is not our task to invent or determine that meaning, but simply to discover it present and active in and around us.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780281068685 |
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Publisher: | SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge) |
Publication date: | 10/15/2012 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 128 |
File size: | 544 KB |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
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