Keeping Faith - A Skeptic's Journey

Informationen zum Autor FENTON JOHNSON is the author of two award-winning novels, Crossing the River and Scissors, Paper, Rock, and a memoir, Geography of the Heart. A contributor to Harper’s Magazine and the New York Times Magazine, he currently teaches at the University of Arizona. Klappentext In his resonant account of a spiritual quest, Fenton Johnson examines what it means for a skeptic to have and to keep faith. Exploring Western and Eastern monastic traditions, Johnson lives as a member of the community at the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky and at the branches of the San Francisco Zen Center. Ultimately his encounter with Buddhism brings him to a new understanding and embrace of Christianity. Weaving together meditations on Johnson's spiritual journey with history and insights from modern monks, Keeping Faith offers a blueprint for a new way of practicing faith.

Product details

• Authors: Fenton Johnson
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2004
• EAN: 9780618492374
• ISBN: 978-0-618-49237-4
• No. of pages: 324
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 217 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; comparative religion, Buddhism, ecumenism, Christian life and practice, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, Spirituality and religious experience, Religion and beliefs, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Relating to Christian people and groups, Religious communities and monasticism, Old Testaments, RELIGION: Comparative Religion, RELIGION: Christian Living / Personal Growth, RELIGION: Monasticism, RELIGION: Faith, RELIGION: Biblical Meditations / Old Testament, 2003;2004;2005, Jewish texts: Tanakh, Torah, Nevi’im, Ketuvim, RELIGION: Ecumenism & Interfaith, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs, RELIGION: Christianity / Catholic / General