Our Hearts Are Restless
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-764904-6 (ISBN)
The genre of spiritual autobiography has flourished ever since Augustine essentially invented it in the fourth century. In Our Hearts Are Restless, Richard Lischer--himself the author of two spiritual memoirs--takes readers on a guided tour of the genre, examining the life writings of twenty-one figures from the expected (Thomas Merton) to the surprising (James Baldwin); from the sublime Julian of Norwich and Emily Dickinson to the outrageous Anne Lamott.
Lischer is a perceptive reader and an engaging guide in the art and craft of spiritual writing. Our Hearts Are Restless shows readers how history's most brilliant spiritual writers have sought and found a pattern of meaning in the face of tragedy, conflict, and the responsibilities of daily life.
Richard Lischer is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Duke Divinity School. He is the author or editor of fifteen books, including The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America (OUP, 1995, Expanded, 2020), as well as two spiritual memoirs, Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and Discovery and Stations of the Heart: Parting with a Son.
Introduction: The Artistry of the Soul
Search and Surrender
1. Augustine: Restless Traveler
2. Augustine: Traveler's Rest
3. Thomas Merton: Journey Through Purgatory
Revelations
4. Julian of Norwich: Seeing is Believing
5. Emily Dickinson: Camera Obscura
How Goes the Battle?
6. John Bunyan: The Uncertainty Principle
7. Agnes Beaumont: Persecution and Defiance
The Stripping of the Altar
8. Peter Abelard: Ruined
9. Heloise of Paris: What Will Survive of Us is Love
10. Etty Hillesum: The Radiance of a Yellow Star
11. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Last Lessons
12. C. S. Lewis: Surprised by Death
13. Reynolds Price: An Illness and a Healing
Pilgrimages
14. Thérèse of Lisieux: The Little Way
15. Harriet Jacobs: Witness
16. Dorothy Day: A Life for the Poor
17. Kathleen Norris: A Revised Itinerary
New Every Day
18. Anne Lamott: Adventures with Jesus
19. Heidi Neumark: A Ministry in the South Bronx
Nomadic Faith
20. James Baldwin: Autobiography as Exorcism
21. Dennis Covington: A Snake Handler's Faith
22. Richard Rodriquez: The Long Way Home
Erscheinungsdatum | 21.10.2022 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 237 x 164 mm |
Gewicht | 748 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-764904-1 / 0197649041 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-764904-6 / 9780197649046 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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