Authors: Lorraine Kisly, Ravi Ravindra
ISBN-13: 9781596750081, ISBN-10: 1596750081
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Morning Light Press
Date Published: October 2006
Edition: New Edition
For over three decades, those for whom religion is a path of discovery and questioning have found insight in the pages of Parabola. This thoughtful anthology collects the magazine’s best writings on Christianity, featuring articles from Thomas Merton, Elaine Pagels, Philip Zaleski, Thomas Keating, and 20 other authors who vividly explore what it means to be a Christian. The collection combines poetry and folklore with incisive interviews and cogent essays on topics such as the search for self, attention and remembrance, transformational knowledge, and worldly and divine works. A lavish, full-color, 16-page set of plates brilliantly conveys the rich variety within the tradition. From full works of great intricacy to passages of pure insight, The Inner Journey: Views from the Christian Tradition spans the tradition’s greatest trends. For readers looking for an introduction to Christianity or those seeking to expand their knowledge of it, the journey in this book inspires and enlightens.
Ch. 1 | Turning home | 1 |
The gift of the call | 2 | |
The return | 12 | |
Winding the golden string | 14 | |
To whom much was forgiven | 20 | |
The night journey of Nicodemus | 28 | |
Ch. 2 | The search for the self | 39 |
Am I the innkeeper? | 40 | |
Awakening to the present : interview with father Thomas Keating | 46 | |
Consumed by either fire or fire | 54 | |
Ch. 3 | Unseen warfare | 65 |
Become what you are : interview with brother David Steindl-Rast | 66 | |
Fire proveth iron | 80 | |
Silence of the heart | 88 | |
The battle for person in the heart | 101 | |
Ch. 4 | Attention and remembrance | 113 |
Den of thieves | 114 | |
The gift of life | 119 | |
Ear of the heart | 130 | |
Going out of oneself | 134 | |
On not speaking | 137 | |
Ch. 5 | A body of beauty and love | 141 |
The energy of life | 142 | |
Image and likeness : interview with Bishop Kallistos Ware | 148 | |
The door to joy | 162 | |
Washing the feet | 169 | |
Living in communion : interview with Father Thomas Hopko | 179 | |
The call of service | 193 | |
Ch. 6 | "Worldly and divine work" | 199 |
First things | 200 | |
Between work and prayer, prayer and work | 203 | |
The life of spiritual combat : interview with Abbot Hugh Gilbert, O.S.B. | 207 | |
Our lady's tumbler | 216 | |
Singer, text, and song | 219 | |
Zeal in detachment | 227 | |
Transformative suffering | 232 | |
Learning to die | 236 | |
Ch. 7 | Transformational knowledge | 251 |
The gnostic vision | 252 | |
The hidden union | 260 | |
To the universe belongs the dancer | 267 | |
Ch. 8 | Fullness of being | 273 |
Divine energy | 274 | |
The threshold of the mountain in Dante's divine comedy | 280 | |
The garment | 290 | |
The yoga of Hesychasm | 295 | |
Epilogue : witnessing the great life | 304 |