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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Fenton Johnson has written a candid story of his own spiritual journey as a gay man distanced from the Roman Catholic church of his youth. The story is told through Johnson's experiences of the contemplative life in Gethsemani, the Trappist monastery near his boyhood home in Kentucky, and in the San Francisco Zen Center. He asks important questions such as the difference between "faith" and 'belief", why Christianity embraced its hierarchical form after the first few centuries, and even what meaning can be found in monasticism. He extensively explores both Buddhism and Catholicism, having been set on that road at a conference between Buddhist monks (including the Dalai Lama) and the Trappist monks at Gethsemani Abbey. Johnson's own personal road mirrors mine in a remarkable number of ways, which made his personal spiritual journey all the more poignant for me (I briefly knew Fenton when we both lived in San Francisco many years ago). Johnson is able to hold open a questioning, skeptical mind, but make genuine efforts to reconcile the issues that so many of us struggle with when it comes to faith, forgiveness, hope, and the varieties of spiritual experience in the world. Johnson helped me frame my own struggle in ways I had not considered before. His book would be helpful for many who feel distanced from their church, but yearn to embrace anew the spiritual dimension of themselves. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Observing an encounter between Catholic and Buddhist monks in 1996 at the Abbey of Gethsemani, near where he grew up in rural Kentucky, Fenton Johnson found himself unable to make the sign of the cross. His distance from his childhood faith had become so great -- he considered himself a rational, skeptical man -- that he could not participate in this most basic ritual. Impelled by this troubling experience, Johnson began a search for the meaning of the spiritual life, a journey that took him from Gethsemani to the San Francisco Zen Center, through Buddhism and back to Christianity, from paralyzing doubt to a life-enriching faith. Keeping Faith explores the depths of what it means for a skeptic to have and to keep faith. Johnson grew up with the Trappist monks, but rejected institutionalized religion as an adult. While living as a member of the Gethsemani community and the Zen Center, however, he learned to practice Christian rituals with a new discipline and studied Buddhist meditation, which brought him a new understanding of the deep relationship between sexuality and faith, body and spirit. Changed in profound ways, Johnson ultimately turned back to his childhood faith, now inflected with the accumulated wisdom of his journey. Johnson interweaves memoir, the personal and often shocking stories of Buddhist and Christian monks, and a revealing history of the contemplative life in the West. He offers lay Christians an understanding of the origins and history of their contemplative traditions and provides the groundwork needed to challenge orthodox understandings of spirituality. No matter their backgrounds, readers will find Keeping Faith a work of great power and immediacy. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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