Passion for Pilgrimage: Notes for the Journey Home [Paperback]

Alan Jones (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2000

The Christian spiritual journey is a pilgrimage to wholeness, a search for home that is in God. In this classic work on contemporary spiritual living, Alan Jones explores the various parts of the pilgrimage home. Using literature, art, and biblical texts as illustrations, he explores our search for light and love, repentance, and forgiveness in the context of the Passion and Easter stories.

An excellent book for group study during Lent and Easter, this new edition includes study questions at the end of each chapter. Passio for Pilgrimage is also provocative reading for individuals at any time of the year who want to understand the Christian journey more deeply.

Editorial Reviews

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Orthodox in spirit but stressing the inner journey of faith rather than doctrinal formulas, these thoughtful and nuanced reflections by the dean of San Francisco's Grace Cathedral explore the spiritual meaning of Lent, the Crucifixion, and Easter. Jones probes a faith born in "the collision of two passions--our passion for God and God's passion for us." His insights critique both fundamentalism and secular relativism, inviting all who need "loving out of their disappointment, cynicism, and despair" into a new resurrection hope. Deeply felt and intelligent, highly literate without the least pretension, this makes rewarding reading.-- EC
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Review

... fervent, beautifully expressed journal... a book for all seasons, to be re-read and dipped into over and over. -- The Living Church

[Jones] is a consummate storyteller... Tell[s] the old, old, story... so well that it seems new and yet familiar... -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Laureate

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819218235
• ISBN-13: 978-0819218230
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,498,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent food for the way!, March 8, 2000

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Msgr. M. D. McCarron (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passion for Pilgrimage: Notes for the Journey Home (Paperback)

As a spiritual director in a large Roman Catholic parish, this is a book I regularly hand out to my parishioners and to those beginging spiritual direction. It is a great resource for folks who are "not there yet" in terms of spirituality. It leads the reader to a solid understanding of the need for decision in the spiritual journey and points clearly to the person of Jesus and His redemptive Holy Week journey as the focus and the standard for the travel. Jones is directive without being tryannical, Christian, without scaring off the beginner. I would not hesitate to give this book to those starting or in the midst of spiritual growth, those convinced or those questioning. AND its enjoyable!