A Soul-Centered Life by Michael Demkovich Op
Exploring an Animated Spirituality
For all those seeking integration between doctrine and life, Demkovich’s soul-centered spirituality provides a keySpirituality animates doctrine, which in turn gives meaning to life. An animating spirituality requires religious commitment to beliefs and a community that embodies them. At a time when spiritualities proliferate, and we may not know which way to turn, Demkovich’s approach is both grounded and life-giving.Donald Goergen, OP St. Dominic Priory, St. Louis, Missouri Author of Sexual Celibate and Fire of Love: Encountering the Holy Spirit
People often declare, ‘I’m spiritual but not religious.’ Yet as Michael Demkovich so convincingly argues in his wise and erudite new book, A Soul-Centered Life, spirituality not grounded in religious community nor firmly tethered to solid doctrine fails to deliver, for ultimately it cannot address the great questions of life. Packed to overflowing with theological and historical riches, Demkovich’s book takes its stand against private, self-pleasing spiritualities and points the way toward a fully integrated, deeply meaningful, intellectually satisfying Christian life.Paula Huston Author of Forgiveness: Following Jesus into Radical Loving
People often declare, ‘I’m spiritual but not religious.’ Yet as Michael Demkovich so convincingly argues in his wise and erudite new book, A Soul-Centered Life, spirituality not grounded in religious community nor firmly tethered to solid doctrine fails to deliver, for ultimately it cannot address the great questions of life. Packed to overflowing with theological and historical riches, Demkovich’s book takes its stand against private, self-pleasing spiritualities and points the way toward a fully integrated, deeply meaningful, intellectually satisfying Christian life.Paula Huston Author of Forgiveness: Following Jesus into Radical Loving
Michael Demkovich, OP, is the Gerald Vann Visiting Lecturer in Catholic Thought and Life at Blackfriars, Oxford. He is the founding director of the Dominican Ecclesial Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and holds his doctorate from the Katholiek Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. He is the author of various articles and Introducing Meister Eckhart (Ligouri, 2006).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780814655122 |
| ISBN 10 | 0814655122 |
| Title | A Soul-Centered Life |
| Author | Michael Demkovich |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Michael Glazier |
| Year published | 2010-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 152 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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