Our Hearts Are Restless
The Art of Spiritual Memoir
Published on 3. November 2022
978-0-19-764905-3 (ISBN)
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A guided tour of spiritual autobiography that grants readers new insights and appreciation of the genre
The genre of spiritual autobiography has flourished ever since Augustine essentially invented it in the fourth century. In Our Hearts Are Restless, Richard Lischer--himself the author of two spiritual memoirs--takes readers on a guided tour of the genre, examining the life writings of twenty-one figures from the expected (Thomas Merton) to the surprising (James Baldwin); from the sublime Julian of Norwich and Emily Dickinson to the outrageous Anne Lamott.
Lischer is a perceptive reader and an engaging guide in the art and craft of spiritual writing. Our Hearts Are Restless shows readers how history's most brilliant spiritual writers have sought and found a pattern of meaning in the face of tragedy, conflict, and the responsibilities of daily life.
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03/2023
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Richard Lischer is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Duke Divinity School. He is the author or editor of fifteen books, including The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America (OUP, 1995, Expanded, 2020), as well as two spiritual memoirs, Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and Discovery and Stations of the Heart: Parting with a Son.
Content
Introduction: The Artistry of the Soul
Search and Surrender
1. Augustine: Restless Traveler
2. Augustine: Traveler's Rest
3. Thomas Merton: Journey Through Purgatory
Revelations
4. Julian of Norwich: Seeing is Believing
5. Emily Dickinson: Camera Obscura
How Goes the Battle?
6. John Bunyan: The Uncertainty Principle
7. Agnes Beaumont: Persecution and Defiance
The Stripping of the Altar
8. Peter Abelard: Ruined
9. Heloise of Paris: What Will Survive of Us is Love
10. Etty Hillesum: The Radiance of a Yellow Star
11. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Last Lessons
12. C. S. Lewis: Surprised by Death
13. Reynolds Price: An Illness and a Healing
Pilgrimages
14. Thérèse of Lisieux: The Little Way
15. Harriet Jacobs: Witness
16. Dorothy Day: A Life for the Poor
17. Kathleen Norris: A Revised Itinerary
New Every Day
18. Anne Lamott: Adventures with Jesus
19. Heidi Neumark: A Ministry in the South Bronx
Nomadic Faith
20. James Baldwin: Autobiography as Exorcism
21. Dennis Covington: A Snake Handler's Faith
22. Richard Rodriquez: The Long Way Home
