Henri Nouwen : a spirituality of imperfection

Author(s)

• Hernandez, Wil
• Christensen, Michael J.

Bibliographic Information

Henri Nouwen : a spirituality of imperfection

Wil Hernandez ; [foreword by Michael J. Christensen]

Paulist Press, c2006

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-155)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

As a spiritual icon, Henri Nouwen continues to exert a powerful influence on America's religious landscape. In this important new book, Wil Hernandez reveals that in the dynamics of Nouwen's spiritual formation and lived spirituality, integration and imperfection could coexist. By describing, analyzing, and synthesizing Nouwen's writings, the author shows how Nouwen's integrative pursuit of the spiritual life and its formation-one that weaves spirituality with psychology, ministry, and theology in a seamless fashion-is both fueled and tempered by his own experience of imperfection. HENRI NOUWEN: A SPIRITUALITY OF IMPERFECTION vividly portrays a counterintuitive and countercultural "brand" of spirituality in which the journey to perfection is through the sobering realities of imperfection.

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Details

• NCID: BA88680399
• ISBN:
  • 9780809144341
• LCCN: 2006023984
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; Mahwah, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 155 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BX2350.3
  • DC22 : 248.4/82
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Nouwen, Henri J. M.
  • LCSH : Spiritual life -- Catholic Church
  • LCSH : Spiritual formation
  • LCSH : Perfection -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church