The Compassion Quest

A book exploring aspects of suffering and compassion

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Trystan Owain Hughes is Chaplain at Cardiff University. He attained an MTh from Oxford University and a PhD from Bangor University, Wales. He is the author of Winds of Change (UWP, 1999), Finding Hope and Meaning in Suffering (SPCK, 2010), and The Compassion Quest (SPCK, 2013). He is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, and BBC Radio Wales, is on the theological commission that assists the bench of Welsh Bishops, and lectures at Cardiff University and St Michael's Theological College, Llandaff. His blog is www.trystanowainhughes.com/blog

Zusammenfassung

Trystan Owain Hughes encourages us to develop an approach to life that looks beyond our own concerns. Using illustrations from poetry, literature and film, and drawing on contemporary scientific thought, the author makes plain that our natural state is an interconnected harmony with God, with each other and with the world around us.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Trystan Owain Hughes, Hughes Trystan Owain
• Verlag: O'Reilly
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.02.2013
• EAN: 9780281068258
• ISBN: 978-0-281-06825-8
• Seiten: 144
• Gewicht: 177 g
• Illustration: illustrations
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; RELIGION / Spirituality, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience