Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration [Paperback]

Wilkie Au (Author), Noreen Cannon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996

Using stories and images, the authors blend the best of spirituality and psychology to help the reader live in peace with self, others and God.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This bracing alternative to feel-good psychology is as deeply rooted in the biblical, historical tradition as in Jungian psychology. -- Publishers Weekly Religion BookLine

About the Author

Wilkie Au, Ph.D., is director of spiritual development Services in Los Angeles, which provides spiritual direction and therapy for individuals, as well as in-service workshops, retreats, and consultation for lay and religious groups and adjunct professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University.

Former associate editor of Human Development, his By Way of the Heart: Toward a Holistic Christian Spirituality (Paulist Press) won the College Theology Society Book Award for 1990. He is also the co-author (with Noreen Cannon, Ph.D.) of Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration (Paulist Press, 1995). for individuals, as well as in-service workshops, retreats, and consultation for lay and religious groups and adjunct professor of theological studies at Loyola Marymount University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Paulist Press (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080913604X
• ISBN-13: 978-0809136049
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #33 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Religious Studies > Psychology & Christianity

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!!!!!! Magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!!!1, November 29, 1998

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This review is from: Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration (Paperback)

I was on-call one day at a Geriatric Hospal wainting for call, feeling heavy-hearted. I saw a book on the shelf and the title was: Urging of the Heart and that indicated something profound. Maybe it had something to tell me about the constant urges I felt in my heart. After reading the book, I found it to be the best book that ever addressed my condition as a human being. I know the book speaks to the reality that all human beings face, but it felt as if the book was written for me. I have ordered the book and I can't wait to have my own copy. Reading the book was a blessing to me because it helps to make sense out of the way I feel about myself and other people. I have gained invaluable insights about my childhood and those insights have created much healing in my life. Remy Nelson, M.Div.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!!!!! INSIGHTFUL!!!!!!!!, May 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration (Paperback)

The day of Easter Vigil, before confirmation, we were required to spend 4 hours of prayer time by ourselfs. We could go anywhere on the grounds. I did a little snooping and found a priest's office that had a bookshelf. Here was Urgings of the Heart sitting on the shelf. I took it down and began to read. This book is so awesome. I went out and bought it myself. I'm on the last chapter, but, it's so good and gives good insight on myself (the side I normally and typically dislike) as well as those qualities in others that are unlikeable, however, able to be delt with issues and qualities. As I'm reading this book, I'm like WOW!!!! That is me, I never realized it. People tend to hate themselfes for whom they are or whom they think they are. They try and avoid it, but, this books gives you and understanding of how to handle those areas about oneself that is undesirable and how it can be beneficial to ones personal growth.

The bottom line is, the book is really good. I've enjoyed it and highlighted a lot of it. I've learned a lot about my fiance too. She fits a lot of the descriptions of the "shadow" as it is described in the book.

I also got the book called "By Way of the Heart" by Wilkie Au.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Urgings of the Heart, October 20, 2001

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Elizabeth (Scottsdale, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration (Paperback)

A book that brings to life my words to express my love of Christ and my continued search to know self. Finding self is where I meet my Creator - in that space of betwixt and between that God is present no matter what my circumstances. I am not God and furthermore, nothing without God. This book resonates in my soul - I have difficulty putting it into words. A book for serious seekers.