When Silence Speaks - Tim Peeters
The Spiritual Way of the Carthusian Order
KORTE INHOUD
True solitude is a rare experience in today’s busy world. For many people it has negative connotations, but for the Carthusian monks it is a blessing. They have given up everything in order to share in the desert experience of Jesus and to continue the ancient traditions of the Desert Fathers, who searched for God in the realms of silence.When Silence Speaks uncovers the deep spiritual foundations on which this remarkable and mysterious order of hermits has built for more than nine centuries: solitude and silence, separation and simplicity, contemplation and prayer, asceticism andperseverance. It includes an anthology of the original spiritual literature of the Carthusian tradition, the testimonies of monks who still follow the Carthusian way today, and a selection of photographs that provide a rare window into their world away from the world.‘To understand what is almost incomprehensible,’ writes author Tim Peeters, ‘we will take a walk with Saint Bruno and the Carthusian monks. We will climb into the high m...
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2015Uitgever: Darton, Longman & Todd, Limited222 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0232532028ISBN-13: 9780232532029Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback. x,212 pp.; ill. on plates in colour.; 21.5x13.5 cm. Text in English - Very good, as new. See picture 300 [Auteur: Peeters, Tim.] [Uitgever: Darton Longman & Todd] [Jaar: 2015] [Titel: When Silence Speaks. The Spiritual Way of the Carthusian Order.]
