The Liminal Loop
Astonishing Stories of Discovery and Hope
Published on 24. February 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-7188-9583-9 (ISBN)
Description
Recent and current crises in health, ecology, society and spirituality have lent the whole arena of liminality a new urgency and relevancy. Those who traverse the great transitions are rediscovering new ways of interpreting life through the liminal lens, a way to make sense of the great voluntary and unchosen transitions that characterize modern life.
This anthology provides a unique overview of liminality as it gathers a diverse coterie of authors, disciplines, and contexts to explore its many facets. Distinct in its interdisciplinary approach, The Liminal Loop serves as an important source book for general readers, teachers, students, artists, counselors, spiritual guides, and social transformers.
From liminal poetry and musical traditions to the strange vertical world of the rock climber, The Liminal Loop explores the swirling chaos on the other side of critical thresholds and suggests a pathway through the daunting middle passages of the in-between. With what can only be described as courage, the many authors of this collection dare to look uncertainty in the eye, knowing that this is a necessary journey, and that it is better to travel with a common band of pilgrims than to go it alone.
This anthology provides a unique overview of liminality as it gathers a diverse coterie of authors, disciplines, and contexts to explore its many facets. Distinct in its interdisciplinary approach, The Liminal Loop serves as an important source book for general readers, teachers, students, artists, counselors, spiritual guides, and social transformers.
From liminal poetry and musical traditions to the strange vertical world of the rock climber, The Liminal Loop explores the swirling chaos on the other side of critical thresholds and suggests a pathway through the daunting middle passages of the in-between. With what can only be described as courage, the many authors of this collection dare to look uncertainty in the eye, knowing that this is a necessary journey, and that it is better to travel with a common band of pilgrims than to go it alone.
Reviews / Votes
In times of restlessness and transition, being poised on a threshold is almost inevitable and can be deeply unsettling. Carson's wide-ranging volume grounds these tumultuous periods, embedding them with depth and meaning. The carefully selected contributors offer diverse, thoughtful voices, guiding the reader into new ways of thinking.Laura Hobgood, Elizabeth Root Paden Chair in Religion and Environmental Studies, Southwestern University
Far from a straight-line shot 'from cradle to grave,' life bends back on itself. These moments of bending, of cusp and transition, deepen our experience, calling forth ritual and aesthetic engagement. The Liminal Loop is an anthology rich in contemplative reflection on the human condition and the bends in our personal and collective paths.
Barry Stephenson, Professor of Religious Studies, Memorial University, Newfoundland
Rarely has a subtitle to a book hit the nerve so precisely. We are offered a glimpse through the liminal lens to make sense of the dangers and potentialities of human transformation, and how to respond to them. As rock climbers. Enslaved and liberated bodies. Teachers. Artists. Healers. As human beings.
Bjorn Thomassen, Professor of Social Science, Roskilde University and author of Liminality and the Modern'
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
James Clarke & Co Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7188-9583-9 (9780718895839)
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Timothy Carson is a pastor, curator of TheLiminalityProject.org, co-founder of The Guild for Engaged Liminality, and teaches in the Honors College of the University of Missouri. He is the author of Liminal Reality and Transformational Power (The Lutterworth Press, 2016), editor of Neither Here nor There: the many Voices of Liminality (The Lutterworth Press, 2019), and co-author of Crossing Thresholds: A Practical Theology of Liminality (The Lutterworth Press, 2021).