A Place of Healing for the Soul: Patmos - Hardcover

France, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871138506 ISBN 13: 9780871138507

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2002

Synopsis

The author describes how a journey to the Greek island of Patmos led to a close encounter with the island's pervasive spirituality, its eccentric inhabitants, and its remarkable history and how he rediscovered the deep-rooted religious beliefs of Orthodox Christianity.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter France was born in Yorkshire. After graduating from Oxford and spending time in Fiji and Canberra, he became host of the popular BBC radio program The Living World. For fifteen years, he was the acclaimed host of Everyman, a television show that marked a new style of religious-affairs programming.

From Publishers Weekly:

Like some of the people he has met on the Greek island of Patmos, France's latest book quietly exudes charis, the word he uses to describe their charm and grace. Part spiritual memoir and part travelogue, this is the former BBC radio and TV host's very personal story of life on Patmos, the island known for its connection to the exiled Christian disciple John and his apocalyptic book of Revelation. France and his wife, Felicia, first visited Patmos in 1987 at the invitation of Bishop Kallistos, also known as the writer Timothy Ware. Soon after, they fell in love with the island and decided to put down roots there. Along the way, France, a skeptical inquirer where religion was concerned, was mystically drawn to his wife's Orthodox faith, but still could not bring himself to embrace belief. How he came to be baptized (a story recounted in the book's remarkable introductory scene) is best left to him to tell. France's gentle sense of humor makes for delightful reading, particularly in his descriptions of the difficulties of life on Patmos and the ways of the Patmians. Always, however, France writes with deep respect for the people of the island. The religious and the irreligious alike will appreciate his wonderful ability to talk about faith in a way that makes Eastern Orthodoxy seem as inviting as Patmos itself.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0871138506
• ISBN 13: 9780871138507
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 219