THE REASONS OF THE HEART a journey into solitude and back again into the human circle [Import] [Hardcover]

JOHN S DUNNE (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: SCM P (1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0334013690
• ISBN-13: 978-0334013693
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,420,353 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dunne's rich invitation to a choice for spiritual adventure, September 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Reasons Of The Heart (Paperback)

A reader starts a journey with Dunne's hypothetical searcher to experience solitude and

connection: and to discover in both intimacy with God and man. Rather than avoid the struggle inherent in the separation of man from God and man from man, Dunne encourages the spiritual voyager to travel to and fro finding God in both and soul in the gap between mind and body. The author uses Christianity to transcend theology and human psychology and to open a door to experience God in oneself and in mankind.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide on faith and human interaction, December 21, 1998

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[e-mail] (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reasons Of The Heart (Paperback)

Drawing from the precepts of many religions and approaches to God, faith, and life, Fr. Dunne crafts an academic but practical guide for achieving closeness to God, then maintaining that closeness while completing our earthly journey in a most humanly-fulfilling manner.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars profound and moving, February 1, 1998

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George D. OBrien "classical fan" (Middlebury, VT, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reasons Of The Heart (Paperback)

John Dunne is one of the most moving and profound spiritual theologians of our day. No one -- believer or unbeliever -- could fail to be moved by this deep meditation on human loneliness and longing. Dunne's use of literary material is striking and always illuminating. I belive I have read every work by Dunne and this is one of his very best.