The Poetree Worldview: Leafing Through History - Book Three Of The Justified Living Trilogy - Couverture souple

Steffen, Sylvester L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1452048886 ISBN 13 : 9781452048888

Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2010

Synopsis

When salt loses its savor it needs to be thrown out and replaced-this is an emphatic lesson from The Second Vatican Council, which addresses "joy and hope" in a faithless and despairing culture. The shining light of Vatican II is a beacon trained on the natural reality of transformational consciousness that grows out of and thrives in beauty and truth. The beauty of the moment, the truth of the moment is all that is and all that ye need to know, for beauty is truth, truth beauty. A Tree's leaf is a lexicon (DIVINICON) of symbiotic history. Leaves are pages of durable consciousness that green freshly every Spring. Open to the beauty, the wisdom of a leaf, and the destiny of the blossom-HAPPINESS IS A LITTLE FLOWER GARDEN.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Sylvester Steffen seeks to have the realm of religion and the world of science dialogue with one another. Obviously comfortable with the language of both cultures, he weaves together poems that are both gentle and convicting . . . The poems are powerfully revelatory . . . Following in the train of Teilhard de Chardin, to whom he pays tribute in several offerings, the author calls us to be responsible stewards of this biosphere . . . Surely, no issue is of greater urgency in our time than that we preserve our fragile planet from destruction by greed and ignorance . . . Another prevailing theme is the celebration of women who suffer patronization or oppression . . . Mr. Steffen does not eschew tradition except when it rigidifies and stifles life, but would have tradition informed by the new, fresh learning that modernity unveils for us. We must not ignore the goodness of past cultures, but apply the trinity of communication, consciousness and conscience. These latter headings are the subject matters of the three trilogies . . . It is [his] hope . . . that this book might be the syllabus of . . . study in colleges and universities to stimulate wholeness in learning and living. Our specialized, fragmented and truncated approach to many disciplines cries out for a more comprehensive view of the learning enterprise . . . Creativity . . . has not so much to do with novelty as . . . with expressing . . . inner passions. Whether . . . preacher or poet, there is a strong urge seeking invention. So, whether . . . a . . . sermon or poem, it demands execution . . .Poems range from various takes on the worldview to the specificity of one oak tree in a small Iowa town . . . The form of communication is creative. The books are worthy of study. Science and religion are far too important realms to leave only to scientists and theologians. Bishop L. David Brown, ELCA, NE Iowa Synod, Waverly, IA March 31, 1992

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AuthorHouse
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1452048886
• ISBN 13: 9781452048888
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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