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Ohlson, Kristin

 
9781401300258: Stalking the Divine: Contemplating Faith with the Poor Clares
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ISBN 10 : 1401300251 ISBN 13 : 9781401300258
Editeur : Hachette Books, 2003

Synopsis

A stirring, luminous work in the tradition of The Cloister Walk.

Wandering into a forgotten downtown Cleveland church for a Christmas mass, Kristin Ohlson discovered the Poor Clares -- a tiny, threadbare congregation of cloistered elderly nuns with one mission: to pray day and night (literally 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) for the sorrows of the world. Ohlson -- utterly enchanted by these devoted women -- started to attend church for the first time in many years. So began her three-year dialogue with the Poor Clares, a dialogue that afforded Ohlson a fascinating, unprecedented glimpse into the intensely private nuns and their life in the cloister. Why, she wonders, have these women retreated from the world to joyfully devote themselves to perpetual adoration? How do they sustain their faith? And what, ultimately, is faith?

As Ohlson -- a long-time skeptic -- opens up to the Poor Clares, she opens herself to the possibility of the sacred. The result is an inspiring personal journey as well as a poignant reflection on the power of the church and faith, no matter what our religion may be.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kristin Ohlson, a freelance journalist, essayist, and fiction writer, has been published in the New York Times Salon.com Ms. O, The Oprah Magazine Discover New Scientist Food & Wine Tin House Poets & Writers and many other publications. A teacher, she occasionally works with creative writing students at Cleveland State University and women prisoners at the Cuyahoga County jail. A recipient of the Ohio Arts Council's Individual Artists Fellowship in Fiction for 2003-2004, she lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Éditeur
Hachette Books
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1401300251
ISBN 13 
9781401300258
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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HACHETTE LIVRE SA
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ISBN 10 :  0452286409 ISBN 13 :  9780452286405
Editeur : Plume, 2004
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