Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) - Hardcover

Norris, Kathleen

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9780783802978: Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

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ISBN 10: 0783802978 ISBN 13: 9780783802978

Publisher: G K Hall & Co, 1998

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The author draws upon her considerable poetic skills to refashion the vocabulary of the church into her own religious vocabulary, using anecdotes and humor to invest these words with fresh meanings

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Review:

"An engaging meditation on the language of faith."--The New York Times Book Review

"It's hard to imagine less off-putting or pious writing about religion than this sublimely commonsensical lexicon of words and concepts that, as Kathleen Norris explains them, have rarely sounded less frightening--or quite so simple to understand."--Elle

"Definitely worthwhile reading... She combines an impressive understanding of theology with personal experience, making her essays read like letters from a highly literate friend."--People

"A unique and glorious voice."--Boston Globe

"[Kathleen Norris] writes about religion with the imagination of a poet."--Chicago Tribune

"One of the most eloquent yet earthbound spiritual writers of our time...frequently irreverent and funny... She makes us converts to her simple faith of warmth." --San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author:

Kathleen Norris is the award-winning, bestselling author of The Cloister Walk and Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, among others. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, in various anthologies, and in her own three volumes of poetry. She divides her time between South Dakota and Hawaii.

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