Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich; Dillard, Annie; Merton, Thomas; Lewis, C. S.; Nouwen, Henri J. M.; Donne, John; Eckhart, Meister; Day, Dorothy; Eliot, Thomas Stearns; Stein, Edith; Aquinas, Thomas; Yancey, Philip

ISBN 10: 087486917X / ISBN 13: 9780874869170

Verlag: Plough Publishing House, 2014

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 087486917X-4-19971715

Inhaltsangabe:

This collection, born of obvious passion and graced with superb writing, is a welcome even necessary addition to the glutted holiday bookshelves. -- Publishers Weekly  (starred review)

Though Christians the world over make yearly preparations for Lent, there’s a conspicuous lack of good books for that other great spiritual season: Advent. All the same, this four-week period leading up to Christmas is making a comeback as growing numbers reject shopping-mall frenzy and examine the deeper meaning of the season.

Ecumenical in scope, these fifty devotions invite the reader to contemplate the great themes of Christmas and the significance that the coming of Jesus has for each of us – not only during Advent, but every day. Whether dipped into at leisure or used on a daily basis, Watch for the Light gives the phrase “holiday preparations” new depth and meaning.

Includes contributions by these and other writers:

• C. S. Lewis, Madeleine L’Engle, Thomas Merton, and Philip Yancey
• Dorothy Day, Henri Nouwen, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Oscar Romero, and Edith Stein
• Martin Luther, Meister Eckhart, Eberhard Arnold, and Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt
• T. S. Eliot, John Donne, and Sylvia Plath
• Karl Barth, Will Willimon, Jürgen Moltmann, and J. B. Phillips
• Kathleen Norris, Brennan Manning, and Evelyn Underhill
• Annie Dillard, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Gerard Manley Hopkins
• Romano Guardini, St. John Chrysostom, and Giovanni Papini
• Jane Kenyon, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster, Isaac Penington, and Alfred Delp

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.

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Titel: Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and...
Verlag: Plough Publishing House
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fair