Assurance of Hope by Christopher Howse
Christopher Howse opens his inspiring new collection with a brilliant introduction in which he examines the origin of the word comfort and shows how its meaning has been devalued in common usage. Comfort is a rich concept and should not be taken as a simple thing. It is sometimes at its most stirring when the outlook is black, as this book bears testament. The book contains over eighty extracts, in prose and verse, from a wide variety of spiritual writers of a Christian background who have won a place in the English-speaking tradition, including Augustine, Christina Rossetti, John Donne, Oscar Wilde, C.S. Lewis, Hilaire Belloc and Emily Dickinson to name but a few.
Christopher Howse is Assistant Editor of The Daily Telegraph and also writes regularly for The Spectator.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780826482716 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826482716 |
| Title | Assurance of Hope |
| Author | Christopher Howse |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2006-12-11 |
| Number of pages | 238 |
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