Radical Spirit
12 Ways to Live a Free and Authentic Life
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Feeling burnt-out from life, strung-out from social media, and put out by a society that always wants more from you? Beloved nun and social activist Joan Chittister, who appeared on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday, offers a practical, character-building, and inspirational guide to help you take control of your emotional life and redirect your spiritual destiny.
Joan Chittister, whom Publishers Weekly calls "one of the most well-known and trusted contemporary spiritual authors," is a rabble-rousing force of nature for social justice, and a passionate proponent of personal faith and spiritual fulfillment. Drawing on little known, ancient teachings of the saints, Sister Joan offers a practical program to help transform our thinking and rebel against our fears, judgments and insecurities.
"Freedom from anxiety, worry, and tensions at home and work, comes when we give ourselves to something greater," she argues. "We need to seek wisdom rather than simply facts, to think before speaking, and in turn create respectful communities." With a series of twelve simple rules for healthy spiritual living, Chittister not only reminds us, but pleads with us, to develop enduring values by shifting our attention to how God wants us to live. This book will teach you how to accomplish this.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Chittister (Between the Dark and the Daylight), an American Benedictine nun and a prolific spiritual and political writer, is an ardent evangelist for Benedict of Nursia, a 6th-century Italian hermit who s known as the father of Western monasticism. Chittister proselytizes by convincing the postmodern spiritual reader that Benedict s Rule, a 1,500-year-old manual for monks, can lead to internal freedom today. Here Chittister focuses on the tough spiritual hinge of Benedict s Rule: the 12 steps of humility. Through her judicious use of spiritual parables from around the world and events from her own life, Chittister engages readers with narrative and humor, drawing them down a path to self-revelation and spiritual grounding. These thoughtfully choreographed chapters address the individual and offer an antidote to contemporary trends where demagoguery is the new political brand, where narcissism is too often misunderstood to be leadership. Chittister writes that humility is the corrective to dangerous grandiosity, which in religion... makes itself conscience. In government, makes itself a citizen king. Chittister s book is wise, sharp, funny, and timely.
