The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
by:
James Martin (author)
St. Ignatius to the Rescue!St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit Order, was known forhis practical spirituality. Now, Father James Martin translatesIgnatius's insights for a modern audience, revealing how we canfind God in our everyday lives in often surprising ways.Includes a new reading...
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St. Ignatius to the Rescue!St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit Order, was known forhis practical spirituality. Now, Father James Martin translatesIgnatius's insights for a modern audience, revealing how we canfind God in our everyday lives in often surprising ways.Includes a new reading group guide and bonus material
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780061432682 (0061432687)
ASIN: 9780061432682
Publish date: 09-03-2010
Publisher: HarperCollins
Edition language: English
I went into this book expecting humor at every turn. Instead, what I got was an informative and insightful guide to spirituality with stories of saints, as well as personal stories from the author. And yes, there was some humor, but it wasn't the focus of the book (I believe my expectations of humor...
I started reading this at roughly the same time as The Sparrow. What I learned here shed an interesting light on that book, which didn't fare well by comparison. I learned more of Jesuits and Ignatian spirituality here than I did at my Jesuit college - but then I had other focuses at the time.This b...
At first, I had a really rough time with this book. Yes, I know it is written by a Jesuit priest, but it was a bit to preachy for my liking. After about 75 pages though, I became fascinated by the book and it appeared to relax some. I have always been fascinated by Jesuits and the book gave an excel...
Awesome experience, understanding my faith better and that "God" is truly in all things.
Religious, and specifically Christian, books can be a challenging lot. On the one hand there are plenty of great theological texts to read (Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin, Rahner, Barth, etc), but suffice it to say they are not the type of book you curl up with at the end of the day. On the other hand, ...
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