Every Eye Beholds You - Softcover

Craughwell, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 096505974X ISBN 13: 9780965059749

Publisher: Quality Paperback Bookclub, 1998

Synopsis

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Review:

Editor Thomas Craughwell (A History of God) has assembled a collection of prayers, hymns, and simple blessings from all walks and all beliefs, including Native Americans, Hindus, African tribal groups, and Christians. Although the images of God may change from writer to writer or religion to religion, the essence of these prayers remains surprisingly similar. Words of humility, praise, and glory and impassioned pleas for hope cross over all religious and ethnic lines.

"In prayer, we learn to acknowledge our vulnerabilities, our frailty, our failures, and our sins," writes Armstrong. "By putting out unutterable weaknesses into words, we make them more real to ourselves but also make them more manageable." Armstrong has organized chapters into prayers for various occasions, such as "Prayers for Help and Protection," "Rites of Passage," "Prayers for Prosperity," and "Blessings on the Earth and Its People." She also has an index for religious traditions and one of first lines, making this a thoroughly helpful resource for special occasions, public gatherings, or simply for the inevitable dark nights of the soul. --Gail Hudson

About the Author:

THOMAS J. CRAUGHWELL is the author of Great Books for Every Book Lover, Alligators in the Sewer and 222 Other Urban Legends, and the forthcoming The Wisdom of the Popes. His anthology, Every Eye Beholds You, was a Main Selection of Book-of-the-Month Club and Quality Paperback Book Club. He lives in Sleepy Hollow, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quality Paperback Bookclub
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 096505974X
• ISBN 13: 9780965059749
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320