The solace of fierce landscapes : exploring desert and mountain spirituality /

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In the tradition of Kathleen Norris, Terry Tempest Williams, and Thomas Merton, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes explores the impulse that has drawn seekers into the wilderness for centuries and offers eloquent testimony to the healing power of mountain silence and desert indifference. Interweaving a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lane, Belden C., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Lane, Belden C., > 1943-
Spiritual life > Christianity.
Wilderness (Theology)
Deserts > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Mountains > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Vie spirituelle > Christianisme.
Désert (Théologie)
Déserts > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Montagnes > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Spiritual Growth.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Discipleship.
Deserts > Religious aspects > Christianity
Mountains > Religious aspects > Christianity
Spiritual life > Christianity
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the tradition of Kathleen Norris, Terry Tempest Williams, and Thomas Merton, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes explores the impulse that has drawn seekers into the wilderness for centuries and offers eloquent testimony to the healing power of mountain silence and desert indifference. Interweaving a memoir of his mother's long struggle with Alzheimer's and cancer, meditations on his own wilderness experience, and illuminating commentary on the Christian via negativa--a mystical tradition that seeks God in the silence beyond language--Lane rejects the easy affirmations of pop spirituality for t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-274) and index.
ISBN:9780199760428
019976042X

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