The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983 - Softcover
A number of years have passed since Fr Alexander Schmemann's untimely death on December 13, 1983 at the age of sixty-three. Fr Schmemann was known for his many-faceted and eloquent gifts as preacher, professor and priest. His insight into contemporary culture, church life and liturgical celebration left an indelible mark on generations of Christians. These journals offer insight into the quiet, intimate side of his life. They witness the magnitude of his heart, his absolute humanity. Translated and edited by his wife, the abridged journals reveal his recollections and experiences and record his formative creative thought on all manner of subjects. Fr Schmemann writes, 'The meaning of this journal is not so much a desire to record events, but a kind of visit into myself.' They record, often with brutal honesty, his impatience and frustration with himself and events, but above all, his liberation and freedom 'in Christ and His Church.' We see a life replete with the effort to call people to live 'higher and more openly,' to become restored human beings. His love of God, deep faith and reverent love of family serve as an endless wellspring shaping his person. Reading these journals we are inspired, enlivened and renewed.
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Includes some brilliant nuggets of theological reflection and wonderfully honest accounts of the struggles and victories of faith. -- Christian Century, March 14, 2001
It is a big book of some 350 pages and, after I had finished reading it, I wished for more. --First Things
Powerful in the way Thomas Merton's journals are powerful: words written out of deep faith [in] the light of God. --Commonweal, September 22, 2000
Schememann, more than any other Orthodox churchman, communicated to the Christian West the liturgical spirit of the Christian East. --Christian Century, April 25, 2001
It is a big book of some 350 pages and, after I had finished reading it, I wished for more. --First Things
Powerful in the way Thomas Merton's journals are powerful: words written out of deep faith [in] the light of God. --Commonweal, September 22, 2000
Schememann, more than any other Orthodox churchman, communicated to the Christian West the liturgical spirit of the Christian East. --Christian Century, April 25, 2001
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- PublisherSt Vladimirs Seminary Pr
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Book Description Paper Back. Condition: New. For most great men, there is always a public and a private aspect to their character. Not so, I think, with Fr. Alexander. It is possible to say, after reading his journals, that reading any of his books, or hearing him speak in person, -- that the man that we meet in the Journals is the same man we meet in the books and in public. The recurrent insistence on the centrality of the Eucharist to all of life, to all of Christian proclamation and theology; the impatience -- even anger -- with making idols out of a certain religious culture or spiritual ''style,'' the profound love of literature and nature, the ability to weave those loves into what technicians call ''liturgical theology'' -- all of this emerges from his life's work with great clarity. The Journals simply express it all directly, bluntly. There are passages of impatience with non-essentials, of almost ecstatic experiences of sudden glimpses of grace in a moment of solitude, or of encounter with honest, authentic Christians, or with a flash of transcendent beauty in an otherwise mundane natural context, or with the childlike joy drawn from simply being with family or friends. These experiences were the raw material that informed Fr. Schmemann's writing and teaching. This book makes it available for all to see, and give thanks. Yes. Eucharist. Seller Inventory # 37893
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