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Circuitous Journeys: Modern Spiritual Autobiography provides a close reading and analysis of ten major life stories by twentieth-century leaders and thinkers from a variety of religious and cultural traditions: Mohandas Gandhi, Black Elk, Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, C. S. Lewis, Malcolm X, Paul Cowan, Rigoberta Menchu, Dan Wakefield, and Nelson Mandela. The book uses approaches from literary criticism, developmental psychology (influenced by Erik Erikson, James Fowler, and Carol Gilligan), and spirituality (influenced by John S. Donne, Emile Griffin, Walter Conn, and Bernard Lonergan). Each text is read in the light of the autobiographical tradition begun by St. Augustine's Confessions, but with a focus on distinctively modern and post-modern transformations of the self-writing genre. The twentieth-century context of religious alienation, social autonomy, identity crises and politics, and the search for social justice is examined in each text.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0823219941
ISBN13:9780823219940
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:Fordham University Press
Length:259 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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An important survey blending autobiography & religion.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
These readings of ten major life stories of spiritual thinkers and leaders from different religious and cultural roots makes for an important survey which blends autobiography with references to religious experiences. From identity crises and politics to the search for religious freedoms and social justice, this packs in many topics and issues.
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