The Province of Joy: Praying With Flannery O'Connor - Couverture souple

O'Donnell, Angela Alaimo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1557257035 ISBN 13 : 9781557257031

Editeur : Paraclete Press, 2012

Synopsis

A book of hours rooted in the rich theological imagination of fiction writer, Flannery O'Connor.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Province of Joy is a book of hours rooted in the rich theological imagination of fiction writer, Flannery O'Connor. A lifelong Catholic devoted to liturgical prayer, O'Connor was also an avid reader and thinker who lived a rich spiritual life. Cutting a broad swath through spiritual and theological texts of every stamp, O'Connor engaged ideas about the nature of prayer and its many forms on a daily basis and often shared them in her correspondence, essays, and stories. This book brings together O'Connor's practice of prayer and the rich spiritual context within which O'Connor lived and out of which she wrote. O'Donnell organizes this devotional around six themes: The False Self and the True Self Blindness & Vision Limitation & Grace The Mystery of the Incarnation Revelations & Resurrections The Christian Comedy. In addition, she presents brief reflections suggesting links between the themes, readings, and prayers of the day with O'Connor s fiction. These parallels illustrate of some of the ways in which O'Connor's practice of her faith and her art intersect and serve to illuminate one another.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Angela Alaimo O Donnell is a poet and professor at Fordham University where she teaches English, Creative Writing, and American Catholic Studies. Her poems, essays and reviews have appeared in America, Commonweal, and Christianity and Literature. O Donnell lives with her husband in Bronxville, New York.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Paraclete Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1557257035
• ISBN 13: 9781557257031
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160