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A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life Zena Hitz (St John's College, Annapolis)

A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life von Zena Hitz (St John's College, Annapolis)

A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life Zena Hitz (St John's College, Annapolis)

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Zusammenfassung

Sequestered monastic communities have always been a part of the global Christian landscape. What calls a person to join such a community? Drawing on her own rich personal experience, Zena Hitz explores compelling questions of faith, sacrifice, asceticism and happiness, offering examples and stories from daily religious life.

A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life Zusammenfassung

A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life Zena Hitz (St John's College, Annapolis)

What is happiness? Does life have a meaning? If so, is that meaning available in an ordinary life? The philosopher Zena Hitz confronted these questions head-on when she spent several years living in a Christian religious community. Religious life -- the communal life chosen by monks, nuns, friars, and hermits -- has been a part of global Christianity since earliest times, but many of us struggle to understand what could drive a person to renounce wealth, sex, children, and ambition to live a life of prayer and sacrifice. Hitz's lively and accessible book explores questions about faith, sacrifice, asceticism and happiness through philosophy, stories, and examples from religious life. Drawing on personal experience as well as film, literature, history, biography, and theology, it demystifies an important element of contemporary culture, and provides a picture of human flourishing and happiness which challenges and enriches modern-day life.

A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life Bewertungen

'We live in a time in which few people write about the lives of consecrated religious. In such a context, this book would have been a welcome contribution to the literature were it only half as intelligent and articulate as it actually is. But even if our bookstores were overflowing with commentaries on the religious life, 'A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life' would stand out for its distinctive and thoughtful approach, the breadth of its learning, and its willingness to speak to those entirely unfamiliar with, perhaps even hostile to, so much of what constitutes the great and unfathomable mystery of this life.' Sister Carino Hodder, The Lamp
'Hitz the philosopher does some of her best work here ... [a] stirring and beautiful book.' James Matthew Wilson, National Review
'Hitz's perceptive, humane study is an ideal guide for anyone who suddenly finds someone they know hearing the call, or, even more, hears it themselves.' Washington Examiner
'As a philosopher, her view of religious life is thought-provoking and distinct; as a practicing Catholic, it avoids both abstraction and sentimentality.' The Lamp
'As in any lively conversation, Hitz's book unfolds often freewheelingly and provocatively, resisting linear synopsis and predictable conclusions.' The Public Discourse
'It is a book written from the heart and rooted in deep rumination on wide reading, careful observations, and first-hand experiences.' Current
'Hitz invites her readers to question often unexamined assumptions about the comfort and security personal achievement can provide.' First Things

Über Zena Hitz (St John's College, Annapolis)

Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, where she teaches students across the liberal arts. Her acclaimed book Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life (Princeton University Press, 2020) was widely discussed and reviewed in a number of prominent periodicals which included the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, and the Irish Times.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

What is this book about?; Introduction: renunciation and happiness; 1. The call; 2. Blessed are the poor; 3. Intimacy with God; 4. The family of humanity; 5. Abandonment and freedom; Conclusion: The last things.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR013477204
9781108995016
1108995012
A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life Zena Hitz (St John's College, Annapolis)
Zena Hitz (St John's College, Annapolis)
A Philosopher Looks At
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Cambridge University Press
2023-01-12
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