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Synopsis
Working from the 1441 Latin Autograph Manuscript, Creasy succeeds in creating a dramatically different interpretation of the Imitation by working through its historical, cultural and linguistic contexts. For Creasy, Thomas a Kempis offers profound insights into a person's relationship with God, insights that only deepen when they accommodate a post-Vatican II understanding of what he has to say.
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"William Creasy has done the Body of Christ a great service in giving us this translation. Through it, may The Imitation continue to nourish, refresh, challenge, and cajole Christians of all ages and anyone-believers and non-believers alike-seriously considering embarking on the spiritual journey. It would be difficult to find a more faithful, accessible, and easy-to-read contemporary English rendering of the text." --From the foreword by Rev. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R., John Cardinal Krol Chair of Moral Theology, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
"William Creasy's version of The Imitation of Christ is more than a new translation of a timeless work. It is a re-creation of a 560-year-old classic that infuses it with life and meaning for contemporary readers." --Renovare, Englewood, Colorado
"For a long time I had nourished my spiritual life with the 'fine flour' contained in The Imitation of Christ. It was the only book which did me good, for I had not yet found the treasures hidden in the Holy Gospels. I always had it with me, to the amusement of my people at home." --St. Therese of Lisieux
"The unchallenged masterpiece of devotional literature for half a millennium. Christians worldwide have been immensely enriched by this simple book." --Richard J. Foster, Christian theologian
"The Imitation of Christ is a book that followed me through my days. Again and again I came across copies of it and the reading of it brought me comfort. I felt in the background of my life a waiting force that would lift me up eventually." --Dorothy Day, Founder of The Catholic Worker Movement
About the Author
William C. Creasy is a retired UCLA professor whose love for the Imitation is both professional and personal. He first discovered the book as a college student and read it out of academic interest. In graduate school, he used sixteenth century English translations of the Imitation to study the development of English prose. And when, like Dante, he found himself lost at the halfway point in life’s journey, he returned to the Imitation and found spiritual guidance that led him to Christian faith. So for Creasy, translating the Imitation is not merely an academic activity—it is a labor of love and spiritual devotion. He is the creator of www.logosbiblestudy.org.
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- PublisherAnthony Clarke Books
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0856500550
- ISBN 13 9780856500558
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number3
- Number of pages246
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Anthony Clarke Edition. Hardback. The Imitation of Christ. Slightly sunned spine. Translated by Robert Dudley. This new Translation of The Imitation of Christ is both accurate and without needless embellishment; the work of a scholar and poet. For centuries The Imitation of Christ has been in high favour with the devout. It was written for a restricted audience of men who have given up the world for the cloister; beginners at the religious life, as all religious remain. It is perhaps necessary to look afresh at the work of Thomas A. Kempis and whatever conclusion may be reached the book will still have the permanent interest and value of a classic. 157 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 091994
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