These are the icons people in Christian and non-Christian, married and single, religious and lay, from different times and diverse cultures. Like us, they are not without flaws, but so luminous in their virtues as to be light for the ages.
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Joan Chittister, OSB (1936- ) is a Benedictine Sister of Erie, PA. She is the author of over 40 books--ten of which have won Catholic Press Association Awards (the latest 2011: God's Tender Mercy). Her book, The Monastery of the Heart: an invitation to a meaningful life, is prelude to a movement for all seekers: Monasteries of the Heart, recently begun by her Benedictine community. Sister Joan is an international speaker who inspires both her audiences and readers with her passion for justice, for equality and for peace, especially for women in both society and the church. Her PhD is from Penn State University in Speech-Communication Theory. She serves as Executive Director of Benetvision, a research and resource center for contemporary spirituality.
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In "A Passion for Life", theologian Joan Chittister and artist and iconographer, Robert Lentz, combine to illustrate and describe the lives of twenty-one major figures of the last two millennia. These choices are not conventional, and though some of them may are familiar, others are obscure. Many of these icons were not Catholic, some not Christian. All, however, were profoundly influential, and served to transform their societies and those following them: whether through martyrdom, like Oscar Romero, or from the walls of her cell, like Julian of Norwich. Both Lentz's beautiful illustrations and Chittister's essays provide inspiration and food for contemplation and thought. A wonderful collection.
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It is hard to imagine anyone who has been scorned more often or rejected more universally than the woman Eve. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Catherine of Siena, Mary Magdalene, Edith Stein, United States, Martin Luther King, Oscar Romero, Simone Weil, Charles de Foucauld, Dorothy Day, Franz Jagerstatter, Thomas Merton, Kateri Tekakwitha, Mother Jones, Teresa of Avila, Martin of Tours, Baal Shem Tov, Julian of Norwich, Hildegard of Bingen, Joan of Arc, Pedro Arrupe, South Africa, Holy Spirit, Peter Maurin, Pope John, Third World New!
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It is hard to imagine anyone who has been scorned more often or rejected more universally than the woman Eve. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Catherine of Siena, Mary Magdalene, Edith Stein, United States, Martin Luther King, Oscar Romero, Simone Weil, Charles de Foucauld, Dorothy Day, Franz Jagerstatter, Thomas Merton, Kateri Tekakwitha, Mother Jones, Teresa of Avila, Martin of Tours, Baal Shem Tov, Julian of Norwich, Hildegard of Bingen, Joan of Arc, Pedro Arrupe, South Africa, Holy Spirit, Peter Maurin, Pope John, Third World New!
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- Waiting for God (Perennial Classics) by Simone Weil on page 53, page 54, and Back Matter
- Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton on page 115, and page 116
- Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander by Thomas Merton on page 118, and Back Matter
- The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe by Brian Levack in Back Matter
- Two Dancers in the Desert by Charles Lepetit in Back Matter
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- Great Women of Faith: Inspiration for Action by Sue Stanton on page 83, page 86, and page 102
- Spiritual RX: Prescriptions for Living a Meaningful Life by Mary Ann Brussat on page 74, and Back Matter
- Spiritual RX: Prescriptions for Living a Meaningful Life by Frederic Brussat on page 74, and Back Matter
- Paths to Prayer: Finding Your Own Way to the Presence of God by Patricia D. Brown on page 330
- Spiritual Questions for the Twenty-First Century: Essays in Honor of Joan D. Chittister by Mary H. (editor) Chittister, Joan Snyder in Back Matter
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