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Learning Humility - A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue Richard J. Foster

Learning Humility - A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue By Richard J. Foster

Learning Humility - A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue by Richard J. Foster


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In a society dominated by raging narcissism, the virtue of humility is vanishing. Yet Richard Foster insists that humility is central to spiritual formation. Engaging with diverse sources including Native American culture, Julian of Norwich, and Scripture, Foster shares profound insight into what humility can look like in our contemporary culture.

Learning Humility - A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue Summary

Learning Humility - A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue by Richard J. Foster

In a society where raging narcissism dominates the moral landscape, the virtue of humility is often dismissed as irrelevant. Not only is humility vanishing from contemporary culture, but we are also witnessing how destructive a lack of humility has become among our churches and ministry leaders. And yet, Richard Foster, the founder of Renovare, insists that humility is central to the journey toward character formation and spiritual transformation. For this reason he decided to spend a year studying the virtue of humility. Using the Lakota calendar as a framework, Foster provides us with a look into the insights he gathered from sources ranging from Native American culture to Julian of Norwich to Scripture to personal friends. By engaging with both the spiritual classics and Foster's own experiences, Learning Humility provides profound insight into what humility can look like in our current cultural climate. Join Richard Foster on the journey toward a life of humility, which he says leads us into freedom, joy, and holy hilarity.

About Richard J. Foster

Richard J. Foster is the founder of Renovare. He is the author of several books, including Streams of Living Water, Prayer, Freedom of Simplicity, Sanctuary of the Soul, and Celebration of Discipline, which has sold over two million copies worldwide; he is coauthor (with Gayle Beebe) of Longing for God. He and his wife, Carolynn, make their home near Denver, Colorado.

Table of Contents

A Beginning Word

Part I: The Cold and Dark Moons (Winter-Waniyetu)
1. The Hard Moon
2. The Moon When Trees Crack from the Cold
3. The Moon of the Sore Eyes

Part II: The Moons of Renewal and Growth (Spring-Wetu)
4. The Moon When the Ducks Come Back
5. The Moon of Making Fat
6. The Moon of the Green Leaves

Part III: The Warm Moons (Summer-Bloketu)
7. The Moon When the Berries Are Good
8. The Moon When the Chokecherries Are Black
9. The Moon of the Harvest

Part IV: The Moons of Change (Autumn-Ptanyetu)
10. The Moon of the Brown Leaves
11. The Moon When the Wind Shakes Off the Leaves
12. The Moon of the Rutting Deer
13. The Moon When the Deer Shed Their Antlers

Finis: A Concluding Word
Acknowledgments
Further Reading
Notes

Additional information

GOR013597200
9781514002124
1514002124
Learning Humility - A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue by Richard J. Foster
Used - Very Good
Hardback
InterVarsity Press
2022-12-06
192
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