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: Image Books, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780385028615ISBN:038502861X
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very good clean flat paperback with only very light overall wear. pages clean and unmarked. name in ink inside front cover. nice copy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Image
Date Published: 1955
ISBN-13:9780385028615ISBN:038502861X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. A moderate amount of wear on Cover and interior pages. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 236 p. Image Classic. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Image
Date Published: 1955
ISBN-13:9780385028615ISBN:038502861X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Good copy. Binding is tight, pages are clean. Cover is nice with minor edgewear and some creasing to spine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 236 p. Image Classic. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 1955-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Like New. 1955-Paperback-May contain minor shelf-wear. Otherwise, volume un-read and in "As-New" condition. -Used-Like New-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Image
Date Published: 1955-09-12
ISBN-13:9780385028615ISBN:038502861X
Description: Good. This is a very nice hardcover copy. Binding is tight and square. Has some highlighting and/or underlining. P/O name is on FFEP. Pages are somewhat yellowed with age. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
"Rereading this with Benedict's Book Club...should reread this at least once @ year anyway!
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Have read this book so many times I have lost count. It is WONDERFUL!!! After the Bible it is the most popular book in Christianity and a well-deserved/earned reputation too."
"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."
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