Books : Encounters With Silence
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by: Karl Rahner
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 242
EAN: 9781890318222
ISBN: 1890318221
Label: St. Augustine's Press
Manufacturer: St. Augustine's Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 87
Publication Date: 1999-04
Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
Sales Rank: 67659
Studio: St. Augustine's Press
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One of the classics of modern spirituality, Encounters with Silence is one of Karl Rahner's most lucid and powerful books. A book of meditations about man's relation with God, it is not a work of dry theology, but rather a book of prayerful reflections on love, knowledge, and faith, obedience, everyday routines, life with our friends and neighbors, our work and vocation, and human goodness. The immense success of this moving work is a tribute to its practicality and the ability of the great theologian to speak simply and yet profoundly to ordinary men and women seeking an inspiring guide to the inner life, one that never forsakes the world of reality. The book is cast in the form of a dialogue with God that moves from humble but concerned inquiry to joyful contemplation.
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Rating: - Exquisite
If I were stuck for the rest of my life on a desert island and could only have one piece of spiritual nourishment, other than the Holy Bible, this would be it. Absolutely gorgeous and deeply moving. This is spiritual poetry of the highest order. It brings tears to my eyes. Exquisite.
Rating:  - Good
The book was recommended to me and ended up being not exactly what I was looking for. But it was an interesting way of reading and viewing life.
Rating: - A theologian on prayer and meditation
Most seminarians and students first encounter the theologian Karl Rahner as author of big, thick, German tomes of theology. When I took systematic theology, he was considered to be rather more difficult than the typical student of that class could handle - that's all I needed to hear to select him as my primary companion theologian. However, Rahner was not exclusively a systematic theologian - like all great theologians, he knew that theology served a purpose, and that purpose was a higher one, ... Read More
Rating: - The Silent but Loving God
Traveling the Christian Mystic path, many may end up with silent prayer, experiencing the holiness of God in one's heart & afterwards in death. When the scripture "I shall know even as I am known" will become a reality for us all. Karl Rahner, an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, & mystic writes in an almost 'Martin Buber' poetic fashion expressing in words what can't be spoken. Questioning, Reflecting, & Meditating on such topics as 1. God of My Life, 2. God of My Lord Jesus ... Read More
Rating: - Rahner's Mystical encounters with Silence
"The quiet we seek for retreat ... is more often recalled in its absence than in its presence. When was the last time you witnessed a joyful silence, a rapturous silence? When have you heard some raconteur relay a congenial encounter with silence." Jane H. Kay
"I am drawn more and more to the mystical Christ. I always was. There was always something much deeper than words for me. Much emphasis is spent on studying the Word, and while I must admit that the Word speaks deeply to ... Read More
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