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The Shattering of Loneliness
On Christian Remembrance
Taschenbuch von Fr Erik Varden
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
The experience of loneliness is as universal as hunger or thirst. Because it affects us more intimately, we are less inclined to speak of it. But who has not known its gnawing ache? The fear of loneliness causes anguish. It prompts reckless deeds. To this, every age has borne witness. No voice is more insidious than the one that whispers in our ear: 'You are irredeemably alone, no light will pierce your darkness.' The fundamental statement of Christianity is to convict that voice of lying.

The Christian condition unfolds within the certainty that ultimate reality, the source of all that is, is a personal reality of communion, no metaphysical abstraction. Men and women, made 'in the image and likeness' of God, bear the mark of that original communion stamped on their being. When our souls and bodies cry out for Another, it is not a sign of sickness, but of health. A labour of potential joy is announced. We are reminded of what we have it in us to become. That our labour may be fruitful, Scripture repeatedly exhorts us to 'remember'. The remembrance enjoined is partly introspective and existential, partly historical, for the God who took flesh to redeem our loneliness leaves traces in history.

This book examines six facets of Christian remembrance, complementing biblical exegesis with readings from literature, ancient and modern. It aims to be an essay in theology. At the same time, it proposes a grounded reflection on what it means to be a human being.
The experience of loneliness is as universal as hunger or thirst. Because it affects us more intimately, we are less inclined to speak of it. But who has not known its gnawing ache? The fear of loneliness causes anguish. It prompts reckless deeds. To this, every age has borne witness. No voice is more insidious than the one that whispers in our ear: 'You are irredeemably alone, no light will pierce your darkness.' The fundamental statement of Christianity is to convict that voice of lying.

The Christian condition unfolds within the certainty that ultimate reality, the source of all that is, is a personal reality of communion, no metaphysical abstraction. Men and women, made 'in the image and likeness' of God, bear the mark of that original communion stamped on their being. When our souls and bodies cry out for Another, it is not a sign of sickness, but of health. A labour of potential joy is announced. We are reminded of what we have it in us to become. That our labour may be fruitful, Scripture repeatedly exhorts us to 'remember'. The remembrance enjoined is partly introspective and existential, partly historical, for the God who took flesh to redeem our loneliness leaves traces in history.

This book examines six facets of Christian remembrance, complementing biblical exegesis with readings from literature, ancient and modern. It aims to be an essay in theology. At the same time, it proposes a grounded reflection on what it means to be a human being.
Über den Autor
Erik Varden is a monk and bishop. Norwegian by birth, he was, before entering Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He has published several translations and scholarly monographs and is much in demand as a preacher, spiritual director and lecturer. In 2019 Pope Francis appointed him to the see of Trondheim. He is the author of The Shattering of Loneliness (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2018).
Zusammenfassung
More and more people visit monasteries these days to seek help in facing the challenges of the modern world. They are rarely disappointed.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of illustrations

Introduction
1 Remember you are dust
2 Remember you were a slave in Egypt
3 Remember Lot's wife
4 Do this in memory of me
5 The Counsellor will call everything to mind
6 Beware lest you forget the Lord
Afterword: In MemoriamNotes on the Text and on SourcesPermissions
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Populäre Schriften
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472953285
ISBN-10: 1472953282
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Varden, Fr Erik
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 213 x 134 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Fr Erik Varden
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.09.2018
Gewicht: 0,211 kg
Artikel-ID: 111229240
Über den Autor
Erik Varden is a monk and bishop. Norwegian by birth, he was, before entering Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He has published several translations and scholarly monographs and is much in demand as a preacher, spiritual director and lecturer. In 2019 Pope Francis appointed him to the see of Trondheim. He is the author of The Shattering of Loneliness (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2018).
Zusammenfassung
More and more people visit monasteries these days to seek help in facing the challenges of the modern world. They are rarely disappointed.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of illustrations

Introduction
1 Remember you are dust
2 Remember you were a slave in Egypt
3 Remember Lot's wife
4 Do this in memory of me
5 The Counsellor will call everything to mind
6 Beware lest you forget the Lord
Afterword: In MemoriamNotes on the Text and on SourcesPermissions
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Populäre Schriften
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472953285
ISBN-10: 1472953282
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Varden, Fr Erik
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 213 x 134 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Fr Erik Varden
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.09.2018
Gewicht: 0,211 kg
Artikel-ID: 111229240
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