Finding the Language of Grace: Rediscovering Transcendence
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Well known for his appearances on TV and radio, as well as for his books Finding Sanctuary and Finding Happiness, Christopher Jamison once again shows his ability to communicate spiritual insights in an accessible way.
Finding the Language of Grace: Rediscovering Transcendence focuses on the transcendent experiences of grace that we struggle to talk about in today's very business-like culture. Abbot Christopher shows how the ways we listen and speak, read and write can all be channels of grace. This is illustrated through books as diverse as the medieval legend of the Holy Grail, Silence by Japanese writer Shusaku Endo, the writings of Spanish mystics and the novels of Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson.
The power and the pain of grace resonate throughout the book, offering a new perspective on healing the loneliness and mistrust experienced by many, as well as on the turbulence and political extremes of today's world. How do we restore trust? How can we listen well? What is the right way to read the signs of the times? And how can we revitalise the language of grace in our day?
Finding the Language of Grace considers the force of grace in our lives, in our souls and in our minds.
Christopher Jamison has an excellent public profile, following on from his appearance in the BBC TV series 'The Monastery'
He is the author of a number of previous books, including the bestselling Finding Sanctuary
He continues to play a major organisational role in the Benedictine order, with many chapters and followers worldwide
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Why transcendence?
Why the language of grace?
Language: a pathway to grace
Language four way
1 What is Grace?
Mistrust: graceless living
Grace: trust restored
'Our minds are not our own'
Reclaiming Our Minds
2 Listening
What is language?
Silence: Shusaka endo
Listening to silence: contemplation
Listening to words: discernment
3 Speaking
The legend of not speaking
Finding your voice
Speaking with people along the road
Jesus the storyteller
Speaking well today
4 Writing
What is writing?
St John of the Cross: The Spiritual Canticle
St John of the Cross: Dark Night
St Teresa of Avila
Being human, the way to the divine
'We do not write to be understood; we write to understand' (c. day lewis) writing exercises
5 Reading
Ways of reading
Reasons for reading
Reading for grace
Reading Gilead
6 Reading the Situation
Language beyond words
Glorious language
The language of song
Language that builds consensus
Authenticity
The Past
The Future
Conclusion
Bibliography
Christopher Jamison demonstrates brilliantly how poetry and literature, whether St Teresa of Avila or Marilynne Robinson, open for us a language of grace, transforming how we listen and speak, read and write.
This tender book is not only intellectually sound, but also deeply emotionally literate… You are in for a treat.
Abbot Christopher's gentle style and broad knowledge allow Finding the Language of Grace to serve as an approachable, practical companion in discovering how to articulate not only grace itself but the virtues that proceed from a deep understanding of grace in gratitude, deep love and most pertinently, hope.
This brainy outing offers worthwhile insights.
In this wide-ranging, accessible, and engaging work, [Jamison] explores the language of grace, which he believes to be in danger of dying out… [an] inspiring and energising book.
- Title: Finding the Language of Grace: Rediscovering Transcendence
- Author: Christopher Jamison
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781399402705, 9781399402712, 1399402714, 1399402706
- Resource ID: LLS:9781399402705
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-12T07:54:13Z