A Thoughtful Soul: Reflections from Swedenborg - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877851484 ISBN 13: 9780877851486

Publisher: Swedenborg Foundation, 1995

Synopsis

George F. Dole, Harvard Ph.D., has translated and arranged by theme a selection of passages from Swedenborg's works on life, heaven and hell, and the nature of God. This book is an accessible introduction for the reader new to Swedenborg, as well as a concise reference for those familiar with his philosophy. [Swedenborg's] philosophy is about as practical as one could ask. Ascetism is not the way to God. ... A good person can be saved with any religion or with no religion.

"George F. Dole ... has done us a great service in bringing Emanuel Swedenborg back to the attention of our distracted age."
-from the foreword by Huston Smith

About this title

About the Author

Rev. Dr. George F. Dole holds a BA from Yale, an MA from Oxford, and a PhD from Harvard University. Now professor emeritus, Dr. Dole taught ancient languages, the Bible, and theology at the Swedenborg School of Religion in Newton, MA. His recent translations of the New Century Editions of Heaven and Hell, Divine Love and Wisdom, and Divine Providence have won critical acclaim. He is also the author of Freedom and Evil and Sorting Things Out.

Edition details

• Publisher: Swedenborg Foundation
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877851484
• ISBN 13: 9780877851486
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184
• Editor: Dole George F.