Mark Gruber

Desert Wisdom: Sayings from the Desert Fathers

Buch

As he was dying, Abba Benjamin taught his sons this: Do this, and you'll be saved: Rejoice always, pray constantly, and in all circumstances give thanks.Each Christian who seeks God through prayer is continuing a tradition that began with the desert fathers and mothers of the fourth and fifth century -- simple peasants whose spiritual progress was marked by inner peace, self-control, poverty, patience, humility, and hospitality. Desert Wisdom contains some hundred sayings of the desert fathers, each accompanied by playful illustrations by Japanese artist Yushi Nomura. Bridging East and West, the simple truths of Desert Wisdom remain as fresh… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Nouwen, Henri J. M. (Solist) / Nomura, Yushi (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-1-57075-371-8
EAN: 9781570753718
Produktnummer: 9131775
Verlag: Orbis Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 224 S.
Masse: H21.0 cm x B13.7 cm x D1.1 cm 163 g
Gewicht: 163

Über den Autor

Henri J. M. Nouwen is one of the most popular spiritual writers of our time. He wrote more than 40 books, among them the best-selling Out of Solitude. He taught at the University of Notre Dame, as well as Yale and Harvard Universities. From 1986 until his death in 1996, he was part of the L'Arche Daybreak community in Toronto where he shared his life with people with mental disabilities.