Sunlit Absence - Silence, Awareness, and Contemplation

Zusatztext If you have read Into the Silent Land, you will enjoy this sequel; if you haven't, read it now. Informationen zum Autor Martin Laird is Associate Professor of Theology at Villanova University. He has extensive training in contemplative disciplines and gives retreats throughout the United States and Great Britain. He is the author of Gregory of Nyssa and the Grasp of Faith and Into the Silent Land (both by OUP). Klappentext In his sequel to the best-selling Into the Silent Land, Laird guides the reader more deeply into the sanctuary of Christian meditation. He focuses here on negotiating key moments of difficulty on the contemplative path, showing how the struggles we resist become vehicles of the healing silence we seek. Zusammenfassung In his sequel to the best-selling Into the Silent Land, Laird guides the reader more deeply into the sanctuary of Christian meditation. He focuses here on negotiating key moments of difficulty on the contemplative path, showing how the struggles we resist become vehicles of the healing silence we seek. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction ONE Standing at the Gate of the Heart: On the Practice of Contemplation TWO Our Collection of Videos THREE The Open Porches of the Mind: On Silence and Noise FOUR A Sunlit Absence: The Light of Awareness FIVE Sifted by Boredom SIX Creative Disintegration: Depression, Panic, and Awareness SEVEN Sharp Trials in the Intellect EIGHT "It Don't Work for Me": Prayer of Petition and other Practical Problems Notes

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• Authors: Martin Laird, Martin (Associate Professor of Theology Laird, LAIRD MARTIN
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2011
• EAN: 9780195378726
• ISBN: 978-0-19-537872-6
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Prayerbooks / Christian, Christian prayer, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Prayer and prayer books