The Wounding and Healing of Desire: Weaving Heaven and Earth - Softcover

Farley, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 066422976X ISBN 13: 9780664229764

Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2005

Synopsis

Using refreshingly unconventional prose, rising theologian Wendy Farley has written a theological account of the human condition that delves into the deepest dimensions of the soul. Considering human life from the perspective of the wounding and healing of desire, with desire being that within us which longs for connection, home, and beauty, Farley presents a passionate, moving account of the human condition that draws strongly upon the Christian meditative and mystical spiritual traditions. In doing so, Farley shifts the traditional images of sin and redemption into images of healing and power. The result is a theological memoir that reaches into the human depths and draws forth a response of the soul--in courage, compassion, and delight.

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Review:

"Wendy Farley's Weaving Heaven and Earth is a work of great beauty and compassion, a gift to the soul yearing for vitality, justice, and joy. In this brilliant work, Farley succeeds in demonstrating powerfully how it is that "attention to our interiority" may "deepen our capacity for justice." Her book is a compelling and original expression of the Christian contemplative tradition, a gift for us, and quite possibly for the ages." -Sharon D. Welch, University of Missouri, Columbia, author of 'Sweet Dreams in America: Making Ethics and Spirituality Work'."

Synopsis:

Wendy Farley (WJK author of "Tragic Vision and Divine Compassion: A Contemporary Theodicy" [1990]) has written a unique manuscript that considers human life from the perspectives of the wounding and healing of desire. "Desire" as that which longs for connection, home, beauty. We yearn for these things but in so doing attach ourselves to things unworthy of our longing. We are in "bondage" to those things that ultimately prevent humans from flourishing or fulfilling their desires. Contemplation, prayer, and love are ways one can be freed from bondage and find the fulfillment of our desires in God. We are then opened up to the world and drawn into struggles for justice and well being for all people. This is a passionate, moving account that draws strongly on Christian meditative and mystical spiritual traditions - sources that are not often tapped in traditional Christian theology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 066422976X
• ISBN 13: 9780664229764
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300