The Fire in These Ashes: A Spirituality of Contemporary Religious Life
by Joan Chittister, Joan Chittister (Author)
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Joan Chittister writes from the perspective of decades of deep involvement in religious life. She writes about religious life in the here and now, not about the value of its past nor about the possible shape of its future, asking a simple question: What, if anything, constitutes the spirituality of contemporary religious life? What is the work of religious life now? What are the virtues demanded of religious now that take character and test commitment, that make the world closer to the reign show more of God and bring a person closer to the Truth of life? show lessTags
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This book summons religious women and men to turn into fire -- to become the searing presence of God's spirit in the world.
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Joan Chittister is an internationally known author and lecturer, and the executive director of Benetvision, a resource and research center for contemporary spirituality. She is past president of the Conference of American Benedictine Processes and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. She currently serves as co-chair of the Global Peace show more Initiative of Women. Her many books include the bestseller The Gift of Years. She lives in Erie, Pennsylvania. show less
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- This book is dedicated to Maureen Tobin, OSB, mentor and friend, in whose life I have seen the spirituality that makes these words true.
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