Let Me Know You . . .: Reflections on Augustine's Search for God - Softcover

Burt OSA, Donald X.

 
9780814629574: Let Me Know You . . .: Reflections on Augustine's Search for God
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0814629571 ISBN 13: 9780814629574
Verlag: Liturgical Press, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

One of Augustine's earliest prayers after his conversion was a prayer to understand himself and to discover God. He came to realize that all of us follow more or less the same path of discovery, a path that begins in darkness and moves toward wisdom. Although few achieve the perfection of wisdom, we can be certain that we are showing our love for God by reaching out in love to our fellow human beings. In Let Me Know You" Father Burt offers a rare reflection on the seven steps in Augustine's journey towards the Vision of God and suggests that they are also the stages we must go through in order to finally *see - the God of love for ourselves.Chapters are *Darkness, - *Pious Listening, - *Knowledge: The Path out of Darkness, - *Fortitude, - *Love, - *The Need for Purification, - and *Loving a Still Hidden God. -Donald X. Burt, OSA, PhD, professor emeritus of philosophy at Villanova University, has published widely on the philosophy of St. Augustine. His most recent books include *Let Me Know Myself . . ., - The Pilgrim God, and The River: Augustinian Reflections On a Flowing Life, published by Liturgical Press.

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Donald X. Burt, OSA, PhD, professor emeritus of philosophy at Villanova University, has published widely on the philosophy of St. Augustine. His most recent books include "Let Me Know Myself. . .," The Pilgrim God, and The River: Augustinian Reflections On a Flowing Life, published by Liturgical Press.

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One of Augustine?s earliest prayers after his conversion was a prayer to understand himself and to discover God. He came to realize that all of us follow more or less the same path of discovery, a path that begins in darkness and moves toward wisdom. Although few achieve the perfection of wisdom, we can be certain that we are showing our love for God by reaching out in love to our fellow human beings. In ?Let Me Know You . . . ? Father Burt offers a rare reflection on the seven steps in Augustine?s journey towards the vision of God and suggests that they are also the stages we must go through in order to finally ?see? the God of love for ourselves. Chapters are ?Darkness,? ?Pious Listening,? ?Knowledge: The Path out of Darkness,? ?Fortitude,? ?Love,? ?The Need for Purification,? and ?Loving a Still Hidden God.??In this brief, accessible volume, Burt contributes a personally engaging and informative examination of Augustine?s spirituality.? Interpretation A journal of Bible and Theology?Father Burt does not simply present Augustine?s wisdom for the journey of faith. He enters the journey with Augustine and invites his readers to join him. What results is thoughtful, prayerful, insightful, sometimes even humorous, but always challenging wisdom for our own journey of faith. Through the pen of Fr. Burt an ancient St. Augustine speaks to the serious searcher lurking within the modern human heart.? Thomas Martin, O.S.A. Theology Department Villanova University?Father Burt subtitles this book ?Augustine?s Search for God.? But the author has written in such an effective way that the reader quickly finds Augustine?s search to be his or her own search for God. A great amount of human experience?both Augustine?s and the author?s?has been packed into this short, but very uplifting work. It reassures us that God wants to be found, not just in eternity, but in the here and now. This book offers us an inspiring way to make that search come to life.? Theodore E. Tack, O.S.A. Professor of Ethics Cascia Hall Tulsa, Oklahoma?With humor, humility, warmth and a lyricism reminiscent of the Song of Songs, Don Burt breathes abundant, new life into classical categories of Christian spirituality. He mines the works of St. Augustine, including the fifth century bishop?s many sermons, with an ease that belies the long and careful scholarship necessary for such a task. Father Burt applies his own considerable philosophical mind and opens his vast and vulnerable heart to entice the reader to join him, and Augustine, in a lifelong search for God.? Joseph T. Kelley Vice President of Mission Effectiveness? Director, Center for Augustinian Study and Legacy Merrimack College

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Verlag
Liturgical Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0814629571
ISBN 13 
9780814629574
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Anzahl der Seiten
128
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