Voices of Saints
Author : Isa Donelli
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,67 MB
Release : 2004
Category :
ISBN : 9780738706108
Gendered Voices
Author : Catherine M. Mooney
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 25,58 MB
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1512821152
Book Description
"These studies . . . not only illuminate the past with a fierce and probing light but also raise, with nuance and power, fundamental issues of interpretation and method."—from the Foreword, by Caroline Walker Bynum Female saints, mystics, and visionaries have been much studied in recent years. Relatively little attention has been paid, however, to the ways in which their experiences and voices were mediated by the men who often composed their vitae, served as their editors and scribes, or otherwise encouraged, protected, and collaborated with the women in their writing projects. What strategies can be employed to discern and distinguish the voices of these high and late medieval women from those of their scribes and confessors? In those rare cases where we have both the women's own writings and writings about them by their male contemporaries, how do the women's self-portrayals diverge from the male portrayals of them? Finally, to what extent are these portrayals of sanctity by the saints and their contemporaries influenced not so much by gender as by genre? Catherine Mooney brings together a distinguished group of contributors who explore these and other issues as they relate to seven holy women and their male interpreters and one male saint who claims to incorporate the words of a female follower in an account of his own life.
The Voice of the Saints
Author : Po Nien Chou
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 45,44 MB
Release : 2017-07-31
Category :
ISBN : 9781944394165
Book Description
In 2016, the Church in Taiwan commemorated its sixtieth anniversary of the arrival of the first Mormon missionaries. This book shares the contribution of American missionaries among the people in Taiwan and the sacrifice of early Chinese pioneers to help establish the restored gospel of Jesus Christ among their own people. It provides a comprehensive overview, along with personal stories of faith and devotion, covering the sixty-year history of the growth and development of the Church in Taiwan.
Saints as They Really are
Author : Michael Plekon
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,82 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Christian biography
ISBN : 9780268038380
Book Description
In his new book, Saints As They Really Are, priest and scholar Michael Plekon traces the spiritual journeys of several American Christians, using their memoirs and other writings. These "saints-in-the-making" show all their doubts and imperfections as they reflect on their search for God and their efforts to lead holy lives. They are gifted yet ordinary women and men trying to follow Christ within their flawed and broken humanity--"saints as they really are," as Dorothy Day put it. Saints As They Really Are is the third book in Plekon's critically acclaimed series on saints and holiness in our time. He draws on the autobiographical work of Dorothy Day, Peter Berger, Thomas Merton, Kathleen Norris, and Barbara Brown Taylor, among others, as well as from his own experiences as a Carmelite seminarian and brother. Plekon shares the power of these individuals' stories as they unfold. The book offers a strong argument that our failings and weaknesses are not disqualifications to holiness. Plekon further confronts the institutional church and its relationship to individuals seeking God, focusing on some of the challenges to this search--the destructive potential of religion and religious institutions, as well as our personal tendencies to extremism, overwork, pious obsessions, and legalism. But he also underscores the healing qualities of faith and the spiritual life. Plekon's insights will help readers better understand their own spiritual pilgrimages as they learn how others have dealt with the trials and joys of their path to everyday holiness. "This is the third in a progression of books by Michael Plekon that have served to expand our understanding of saints and holiness. In this new book, he has taken yet a further step in relating holiness to ordinary or everyday life by showing the contours of grace, or the harmonics of holiness, revealed in the Christian journey of a number of contemporary Christian memoirists. He shows how the gospel story of death-resurrection is written in the journey of ordinary Christians." --Robert Ellsberg, author of All Saints
My Life with the Saints (10th Anniversary Edition)
Author : James Martin
Publisher : Loyola Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 12,51 MB
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 082944453X
Book Description
“Martin’s final word is as Jungian as it is Catholic: God does not want us to be Mother Teresa or Dorothy Day. God wants us to be most fully ourselves.” —Washington Post Book World WITTY, WRYLY HONEST, AND ALWAYS ORIGINAL, My Life with the Saints is James Martin’s story of how his life has been shaped by some surprising friends—the saints of the Catholic Church. In his modern classic memoir, Martin introduces us to saints throughout history—from St. Peter to Dorothy Day, St. Francis of Assisi to Mother Teresa—and chronicles his lifelong friendships with them. Filled with fascinating tales, Martin’s funny, vibrant, and stirring book invites readers to discover how saints guide us throughout our earthly journeys and how they help each of us find holiness in our own lives. Featuring a new chapter from Martin, this tenth-anniversary edition of the best-selling memoir updates readers about his life over the past ten years. In that time, he has been a New York Times best-selling author, official chaplain of The Colbert Report, and a welcome presence in the media whenever there’s a breaking Catholic news story. But he has always remained recognizably himself. John L. Allen, Jr., the acclaimed Catholic journalist, contributes a foreword that shows how Martin has become one of the wisest and most insightful voices of this era. “An outstanding and often hilarious memoir.” —Publishers Weekly “One of the best spiritual memoirs in years.” —Robert Ellsberg “Remarkably engaging.” —U.S. Catholic One of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of the Year Winner of the Christopher Award Winner of the Catholic Press Association Book Award
Women's Voices
Author : Kenneth W. Godfrey
Publisher :
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 29,97 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
Voices of Hope
Author : Ty Mansfield
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 43,33 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Homosexuality
ISBN : 9781606413388
Book Description
Saints at Heart
Author : Bert Ghezzi
Publisher : Paraclete Press
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 20,46 MB
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1640603131
Book Description
Saints at Heart presents an engaging picture of the spiritual life as shown in the experience and writings of the saints. The title announces the book’s double theme: the lives of holy men and women who have consecrated their lives to God, and to the possibility of our following them and also dedicating our hearts to God. Readers will discover in this book well-told and appealing stories of women and men, ordinary human beings like themselves, who knew God and whose lives as a consequence radiated light, love, and joy. Each story presents the core message of a saint’s life and highlights an important spiritual path that readers will be encouraged to follow.
Voices, Visions, and Apparitions
Author : Michael Freze
Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,86 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Apparitions
ISBN : 9780879734541
Book Description
Some experiences go beyond ordinary reason. What does it mean when mystics see visions? And what does the Church teach about supernatural events like these? This is a book that takes these questions seriously.
Miracles of the Saints
Author : Bert Ghezzi
Publisher : Zondervan Publishing Company
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 11,12 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780310207009
Book Description
Bert Ghezzi introduces readers to the wonderful ways God works through healing and miracles in the lives of those who love him. Each reading focuses on a miracle in the life of a saint and contains biographical information about such saints as Francis of Assisi, Patrick of Ireland, Teresa of Avila, Joan of Arc, Catherine of Siena, and many others. Woodcut illustrations of selected saints enhance the beauty of this book.
