Cry of Wonder
Published on 23. October 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-4729-1040-0 (ISBN)
Description
'A great swansong by a great spiritual master of our time. A lucid, powerful and compassionate book.' Tablet
In Cry of Wonder, Gerard W. Hughes, author of God of Surprises, encourages readers to explore their own human experience, the unique doorway opening each of us out into the mystery of our present existence.
In our time, such attention to mystery is considered counter-cultural and subversive of law and order. The truth of this observation becomes very clear to us if we give attention to our own felt reactions to the events of our lives. The purpose of this book is to focus our attention on this inner conflict, because it can reveal to us a vision of the transformation into which we are all now being invited in all that we are experiencing in every moment of our existence.
In Cry of Wonder, Gerard W. Hughes, author of God of Surprises, encourages readers to explore their own human experience, the unique doorway opening each of us out into the mystery of our present existence.
In our time, such attention to mystery is considered counter-cultural and subversive of law and order. The truth of this observation becomes very clear to us if we give attention to our own felt reactions to the events of our lives. The purpose of this book is to focus our attention on this inner conflict, because it can reveal to us a vision of the transformation into which we are all now being invited in all that we are experiencing in every moment of our existence.
Reviews / Votes
A great swansong by a great spiritual master of our time. A lucid, powerful and compassionate book. * Tablet * This book . . . will prove a valuable contribution to the attempt to develop this discipline in a way acceptable to both the secular psychoanalytical/therapeutic sphere and the church/ministerial sphere. * The Pastoral Review, Volume 11 Issue 1 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
356 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-1040-0 (9781472910400)
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Gerard W. Hughes was the bestselling author of God of Surprises (sales in excess of 250,000 copies worldwide), God in All Things and In Search of the Way. A Jesuit priest, latterly he was resident at Campion Hall, Oxford before moving finally to the Jesuit Community at Boscombe in Hampshire. For many years he was university chaplain at Glasgow, and a renowned spiritual director. His final book, Cry of Wonder, was published in late 2014 and Hughes continued to write a blog expanding on the book's themes up until the time of his death (November 4th 2014).