Desert Spirituality and Cultural Resistance: From Ancient Monks to Mountain Refugees (The 2010 J. J. Thiessen Lectures) - Softcover

Lane, Belden C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1532656963 ISBN 13: 9781532656965

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

“The wholeness of the life we seek is one that we are seldom able to envision in advance. It takes a shape that only the desert knows.” Desert Spirituality and Cultural Resistance: From Ancient Monks to Mountain Refugees is a passionate exploration of the theme of wilderness in the spiritual life. These three lectures by accomplished storyteller and theologian Belden Lane are inspirational in a way that lectures rarely are. Lane urges us to think courageously about the place of wilderness in Christian life. He contemplates the radical lives of the fourth-century Desert Fathers and Mothers, as well as the courageous example of sixteenth-century Anabaptists. He speaks of the ways in which wilderness can relate to the practice of a counter-cultural spirituality today, and he asks: Can desert and mountain gift us with a language to understand the experiences in our lives when we are taken to the edge, finding ourselves isolated and alone, both spiritually and culturally? “The wilderness is a place of suffering, out on the edge. It is a place of letting go, a place for dying, and yet also a place for coming alive. The desert is where things fall apart and where things may come together for us in an unanticipated way.”

About this edition

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1532656963
• ISBN 13: 9781532656965
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 70