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Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life » (Reissue)

Book cover image of Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen

Authors: Henri Nouwen
ISBN-13: 9780385236829, ISBN-10: 0385236824
Format: Paperback
Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
Date Published: August 1986
Edition: Reissue

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Author Biography: Henri Nouwen

Book Synopsis

With clarity and deep spiritual insight, this religious bestseller offers today's Christian a perceptive, systematic plan for living the spiritual life achieving union with God.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Reaching Out to Our Innermost Self: The First Movement: From Loneliness to Solitude21
Chapter 1A Suffocating Loneliness23
Chapter 2A Receptive Solitude37
Chapter 3A Creative Response49
Reaching Out to Our Fellow Human Beings: The Second Movement: From Hostility to Hospitality63
Chapter 4Creating Space for Strangers65
Chapter 5Forms of Hospitality79
Chapter 6Hospitality and the Host101
Reaching Out to Our God: The Third Movement: From Illusion to Prayer111
Chapter 7Prayer and Mortality113
Chapter 8The Prayer of the Heart133
Chapter 9Community and Prayer149
Conclusion161
Notes163

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