About this title: This 15th-century meditation on the spiritual life influenced Thomas More, St. Ignatius Loyola, Thomas Merton, Pope John Paul I, and many others. A classic text of Western religious ideals.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: WWW. Readhowyouwant. com
Date Published: 01/2006
ISBN-13:9781425014377ISBN:1425014372
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 372 p. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (A17-6/9)Book is in good condition. Text in English, Latin. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Paraclete Living Library. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780802440051ISBN:0802440053
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Moody Classics. Audience: General/trade. Cover picture may vary. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Please remember: This item is in used condition. Good: Copy has been read, but remains in good condition. Normal shelf wear on edges and corners. Binding is tight. Very usable. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: TAN Books and Publishers
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780895553485ISBN:0895553481
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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"If anyone can claim the credentials to be a "card carrying evangelical", it's me. Born and raised Church of the Nazarene. Saved at grandma's Methodist church camp. Baptized, second-act-of-grace santicfication, Youth for Christ trained, Billy Graham crusade foot soldier. It is a membership that lasted well over forty years. But by the end of the 2004 presidential campaign, if there had been somewhere I could go and turn in my card, I would have gladly done so. By that time the word "evangelical" had pretty much lost any sense of religious identification for me. It had been almost completely co-opted by Republican political operatives and Christian Fundamentalists with whom I had little or no sense of theological community.
In retrospect, my departure from mainstream evangelicalism had starting years earlier, when I discovered the Social Justice wing of the church, which, in my own view, remained Protestant and Wesleyan. But as I grew old and crusty, my faith journey started to take some strange twists and turns. In retropsect, the mile stones in this journey became marked by a reading list that grew ever wider from the boundaries of my Protestant upbringing and education.
This book shelf, "Evangelical Escape Pod" is actually a literary history of books that have brought me to a place that would probably send my Nazarene Sunday School teachers into a frenzy of Wednesday night Prayer Meeting intersession (or possibly intervention). It began with this book, "The Imitation of Christ", which I first read probably sometime in the late 80s. It was the first sharp departure from my Prtotestant Reformation comfort zone, and began a long, slow and still evolving transformation"
"This is not a book that can be read quickly. It is very spiritual and challenges the reader. At the same time,this book can be rather intimidating. After all, the writer was a monk and lived in a religious community -- and his opportunities for prayer and meditation and quietness are inherent in his environment. I was able to relate more readily to Brother Lawrence's book, as he worked in a kitchen, and his walk was linked to his relationship with others in his everyday encounters. There are parts of this book that really spoke to my heart and I know I will reread again in the future. I also thought this title was misleading, for I was anticipating more of a book that taught how to live everyday life as Christ would have us live it. Instead, one of the main themes is coming apart from the world to live a life totally committed to Christ. Another major concern of the book is the sinfulness of man, and I didn't feel that this was balanced with the message of the grace of God. For someone on a spiritual journey, it definitely is a book worth reading. The reason I gave it a 3 instead of a 4 is that there were parts of the book that I simply couldn't relate to, especially the section on the Mass. For others this segment would be very meaningful and would definitely add to their appreciation of the book. Overall, I would say I gained spiritual insights and was definitely led to ponder the deep side of spiritualism."
"I enjoyed many of his thoughts on the various subjects involved in becoming more like Christ. Although it was interesting to see things from his monastic perspective. It definitely skewed his view of the world and this life. But overall, a very informative and intelligent discussion of a life of faith."
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