Walking with God in a Fragile World - Hardcover

Langford, James R.; Rouner, Leroy S

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0742514501 ISBN 13: 9780742514508

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

This is a book of genuine wisdom, one that invites readers not to go back to the way things were before September 11, but to see how they might try to walk with God in a world that now seems more shattered than before. In these essays written expressly for this book, renowned spiritual writers and theologians wrestle with the problems of the human condition in the world today and what a walk with God might reveal about them. Contributors include Elie Wiesel, Theodore Hesburgh, Frederick Buechner, Stanley Hauerwas, William Sloan Coffin, Wendy Doniger, Karen Armstrong, Jurgen Moltmann, Virgil Elizondo, and others.

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Review:

Almost every reader will find something to carry away from this book and ponder. This is not a book of answers, but a testimony to the way in which persons with different agendas cope with the fragile world in which they live. Highly recommended.--J. H. Ware, Austin College "CHOICE "

If ever a book were needed to add light in a season of heat, and courage in an age of fear, this is it. The unintended consequence of tragedy is often deep pastoral insight. This book is one of those pastoral consequences that will see us through and to the other side.--Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, Harvard University

A wise, healing book that draws consoling and challenging words out of the stunned silence of their time.--James Carroll, author of Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews, A History

There is a value in which these experienced writers have assayed their views and walue in the multiplicity of religious perspectives.--Library Journal

Clearly written, with impressive erudition, balance, and wit, this book will be agreeable reading for warrior or anyone interested in their welfare.--Publishers Weekly

This provocative and diverse collection of very readable essays includes some of the thoughts of important theologians, philosophers, and spiritual writers on the events of September 11th and the awareness that we live in a fragile world. Highly recommended.--CHOICE

About the Author:

James Langford is Director Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame Press, a member of the Core Course faculty at Notre Dame and President of There Are Children Here, a camp for inner city children. Among his eight books are Galileo, Science and the Church and Happy Are They: Living the Beatitudes in America. Leroy S. Rouner is professor of philosophy, religion and philosophical theology and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Religion at Boston University. He is author of Within Human Experience: The Philosophy of William Ernest Hocking, The Long Way Home (a memoir), and To Be at Home: Christianity, Civil Religion, and Human Community.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0742514501
• ISBN 13: 9780742514508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176