Praying With Icons. This item is unavailable.
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Language: English
Published by Orbis Books, 1997
- Softcover
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- Title
- Praying With Icons
- Author
- Jim Forest
- Publisher
- Orbis Books
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1570751129
- ISBN 13
- 9781570751127
- Item weight
- 0.84 pounds
In this beautifully illustrated book Jim Forest explains the use of icons in prayer to the uninitiated. Icons are not just "art" but a powerful aid to prayer and contemplation.
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Review
"Jim Forest's understanding, appreciation, and devotion to icons provides a brilliant new spiritual pathway for us all."--Paul Wilkes "There is something about icons which continues to fascinate people. They seem to convey an atmosphere of great peace and serenity ... Anyone wishing to know more about [them] will find much of interest and illumination in Praying with Icons"--A.M. Allchin in The Church Times (UK)
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