Walking with God in a Fragile World - Softcover

9780989073110: Walking with God in a Fragile World

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989073114 ISBN 13: 9780989073110

Publisher: Corby Books, 2013

This is a book of genuine wisdom, one that invites readers to see how they might try to walk with God in a world shattered by September 11, the tsunami, Columbine, Katrina, Aurora, Ft. Hood, Newtown, Moore, Sandy and Boston.

In 13 original essays, renowned spiritual writers and theologians wrestle with the problems of the human condition in the world today and reflect in what a walk with God might reveal about current situations and future possibilities.

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About the Author

James Langford is Director Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame Press, a member of the Core Course faculty at Notre Dame and President of There Are Children Here, a camp for inner city children. Among his eight books are Galileo, Science and the Church and Happy Are They: Living the Beatitudes in America. Leroy S. Rouner is professor of philosophy, religion and philosophical theology and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Religion at Boston University. He is author of Within Human Experience: The Philosophy of William Ernest Hocking, The Long Way Home (a memoir), and To Be at Home: Christianity, Civil Religion, and Human Community.

Review

There is a value in which these experienced writers have assayed their views and walue in the multiplicity of religious perspectives. (Library Journal)

Clearly written, with impressive erudition, balance, and wit, this book will be agreeable reading for warrior or anyone interested in their welfare. (Publishers Weekly)

This provocative and diverse collection of very readable essays includes some of the thoughts of important theologians, philosophers, and spiritual writers on the events of September 11th and the awareness that we live in a fragile world. Highly recommended. (CHOICE)

Almost every reader will find something to carry away from this book and ponder. This is not a book of answers, but a testimony to the way in which persons with different agendas cope with the fragile world in which they live. Highly recommended. (J. H. Ware, Austin College CHOICE)

If ever a book were needed to add light in a season of heat, and courage in an age of fear, this is it. The unintended consequence of tragedy is often deep pastoral insight. This book is one of those pastoral consequences that will see us through and to the other side. (Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, Harvard University)

A wise, healing book that draws consoling and challenging words out of the stunned silence of their time. (James Carroll, author of Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews, A History)

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