In 1178, in the 80th year of her life, Hildegard of Bingen and her community of nuns were forced to refrain from their daily cycle of chanted services. Imagining Hildegard's thoughts during that period of enforced silence, author Barbara Lachman creates a "journal" such as Hildegard might have kept--a moving meditation on the power and meaning of the word, music, and silence, and a compelling work of historical re-creation.
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the greatest thinkers and doers of medieval Europe: a visionary and mystic, she composed lyric poetry, songs, and liturgical hymns and also wrote important works on medicine, natural science, and spirituality. To boot, she founded and governed two monasteries for women and toured major cities to preach and to consult with theologians. Craine (spirituality, Seminary of the Immaculate Conception) elucidates Hildegard's spirituality, unique in its time for her understanding of the intimate union of God, humankind, and the natural world. Craine points out that Hildegard's thought is supremely Christian: Christ-centered, Trinitarian, incarnational, churchly, and liturgical. Craine's work will especially interest students of Roman Catholic spirituality. Lachman follows up on her fictional "autobiography," Journal of Hildegard of Bingen (Crown, 1993), with a fictional journal of Hildegard's last year. Lachman is concerned with Hildegard's slow spiritual and physical movement toward her death; the work does not make for conventional historical fiction, lacking plot, forward movement, excitement, and climax, as well as characterization of persons other than Hildegard herself. The reader gradually absorbs Hildegard's deep acceptance and even comfort with her approaching death. Readers of an inward and contemplative bent may well be entranced. Both books are recommended for academic libraries and for public libraries with substantial religion collections.?James F. DeRoche, Alexandria, Va.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
