For All That Has Been, Thanks by Rowan Williams

For All That Has Been, Thanks by Rowan Williams

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Zusammenfassung

Explores a word often spoken but rarely considered – ‘Alleluia’ – a call to praise and gratitude. Some things are easy to be grateful for, but what about when gratitude seems impossible? Rowan Williams and Joan Chittister consider how we can have ‘an alleluia view’ of every moment in life.

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For All That Has Been, Thanks by Rowan Williams

Rowan Williams, writing in partnership with the bestselling American Benedictine author, Joan Chittister, explores the meaning of a word often spoken in Christian worship, but rarely considered. What are we doing when we say the word 'Alleluia'? In the Old Testament, it is a summons to praise - when it feels appropriate and when it doesn't. In the New Testament it becomes part of the language of praise, used at all times, even to this day in the funeral liturgies in the Eastern Orthodox church. Here then is a clue - it is a call to see the whole of life 'as one long Alleluia moment' as the authors put it, to discover the richness and manifestations of God even when they are hidden from us. Some things we naturally feel grateful for - life, health, comfort, pleasure - but how is it possible to say 'Alleluia' to the parts of life that weigh us down and drain our spirits dry? This book aims to give some very practical answers to how we cultivate 'an Alleluia view' of every present moment, to find the meaning in Dag Hammerskold's famous words: 'For all that has been, thanks - for all that shall be, yes'.
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is acclaimed by many as the world's leading theologian. His Canterbury and SCM books have sold 75,000 copies. Joan Chittister is a Benedictine nun and popular spiritual writer.
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ISBN 13 9781848250178
ISBN 10 1848250177
Titel For All That Has Been, Thanks
Autor Rowan Williams
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Canterbury Press Norwich
Erscheinungsjahr 2010-03-31
Seitenanzahl 160
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