Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor - Couverture souple

Riess, Jana

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ISBN 10 : 1557256608 ISBN 13 : 9781557256607

Editeur : Paraclete Press, 2011

Synopsis

Flunking Sainthood Can an ordinary 21st-century American become a saint? No, apparently not. But you can have a lot of fun trying. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Recently named one of Publishers Weekly's Top 100 Books of 2011! This wry memoir tackles twelve different spiritual practices in a quest to become more saintly, including fasting, fixed-hour prayer, the Jesus Prayer, gratitude, Sabbath-keeping, and generosity. Although Reiss begins with great plans for success ('Really, how hard could that be?' she asks blithely at the start of her saint-making year), she finds to her growing humiliation that she is failing - not just at some of the practices, but at every single one. What emerges is a funny yet vulnerable story of the quest for spiritual perfection and the reality of spiritual failure, which turns out to be a valuable practice in and of itself.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jana Riess is the author or editor of nine books, including What Would Buffy Do? Although she is a spiritual failure and was never able to climb the rope in gym class, she has a doctorate from Columbia University and has worked in the publishing indistry for over a decade. She blogs at http://blog.beliefnet.flunkingsainthood/

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Paraclete Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1557256608
• ISBN 13: 9781557256607
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192