Words of Spirituality: Exploring the Inner Life - Softcover

Bianchi, Enzo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0281068674 ISBN 13: 9780281068678

Publisher: SPCK Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Abba, give me a word! So young monks and visitors to desert monasteries would often address an 'elder' at the beginning of the fourth century. These seekers believed that a word originating outside the self would descend into the heart and give direction to one's inner life. Enzo Bianchi has tried to let himself be guided by the biblical and patristic tradition in Words of Spirituality, his response to the requests of those who ask him for 'a reason for his hope' These 'words' of Fr Bianchi are not listed alphabetically or by theme. Rather they are arranged to take us on a journey. Through the use of allusions and cross-references, one term evokes another, explains it in part, and sets aside some elements of its definition to be taken up further on. At the heart of the book is the conviction that our life has meaning: it is not our task to invent or determine that meaning, but simply to discover it - present and active - in and around us.

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Review:

''Enzo Bianchi is one of the most significant Christian voices in Europe . . . His is a perspective that the English-speaking Christian world should welcome enthusiastically.'' --Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury

About the Author:

Enzo Bianchi is founder and prior of the ecumenical monastic Bose Community in Italy, which receives thousands of visitors a year. His books on the spiritual life have been translated into many languages, and Fr Bianchi has dedicated himself to the search for spirituality capable of giving vitality to Christians today and furthering communion among all people.

About this edition

• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0281068674
• ISBN 13: 9780281068678
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128