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by Matthew Fox (Get the Book)
Fox is a much-admired and popular Christian theologian whose prolific literary output is controversial, unorthodox, and radical. Believing that people need less religion and more spirituality and experience of the divine, Fox has turned to the mystical traditions of many religions in order to inspire the re-creation, reinvigoration, and refashioning of Christianity. The medieval German theologian and preacher Meister Eckhart has long been his muse, and in this work, he brings Eckhart into conversation with several thinkers and activists, addressing such problems as the environment, ecumenical dialogue, education, gender equality, and economic justice. Yet, Eckhart only appears in the form of snippets from his writings, which never take into account the linguistic, cultural, and historical contexts in which they were written. At the end of the book, Fox even has Eckhart calling on us to embark on Fox's solutions to the problems he raises. No rigorous explication of Eckhart's thought, this book is, however, a passionate restatement of views Fox has propounded in many other works. --Booklist
by John Shea (Get the Book)
This is the latest entry in the "Catholic Spirituality for Adults" series, which includes books on prayer, charity, holiness, and Mary, among others. With trademark eloquence, Shea (Elijah at the Wedding Feast) shows how contemporary Christians can navigate through the spiritual process that Shea believes Jesus lived and how they may enact it for themselves. Chapters address such notions as metaphor, understanding the self, and coming to terms with the Resurrection. VERDICT Shea is one of the Catholic Church's most effective popular theologians, with a singular ability to reach the heart of American Catholics; his latest book will not disappoint Catholics and other Christians. --Library Journal
by Joshua Fills Millburn (Get the Book)
"Like Henry David Thoreau, but with Wi-Fi." -Boston Globe What if everything you ever wanted isn't what you actually want? Twenty-something, suit-clad, and upwardly mobile, Joshua Fields Millburn thought he had everything anyone could ever want. Until he didn't anymore. Blindsided by the loss of his mother and his marriage in the same month, Millburn started questioning every aspect of the life he had built for himself. Then, he accidentally discovered a lifestyle known as minimalism...and everything started to change. That was four years ago. Since, Millburn, now 32, has embraced simplicity. In the pursuit of looking for something more substantial than compulsory consumption and the broken American Dream, he jettisoned most of his material possessions, paid off loads of crippling debt, and walked away from his six-figure career. (Summary)
by Esther de Waal (Get the Book)
In this small but sophisticated book on change, self-discovery and spiritual longing, de Waal explores the liminal spaces that exist between one stage of life and another, or between geographic places. ?I have become aware of the continual movement of crossing over thresholds into the new, while still of course being part of what is left behind,? she writes. De Waal drinks from various wells of wisdom: from her own experiences of living on the border between England and Wales, from authors such as Graham Greene and Dylan Thomas, from the rhythms and traditions of the Celtic year. Spiritual borderlands, she concludes, can be frightening places, fraught as they are with the prospect of transformation. But they can also be sites where ideas are exchanged more freely, where we become aware of the constant motion of life in the Spirit. Beautifully written, de Waal?s brief meditation will appeal to anyone who is waiting expectantly on the threshold of something new. --Publishers Weekly
