Inner Land by Eberhard Arnold
Packed in metal boxes and buried at night for safekeeping from the Nazis, who raided the author's study while he was working on it, Innerland was not openly critical of Hitler's regime; nevertheless it attacked the spirits that animated German society: its murderous strains of racism and bigotry, its heady nationalistic fervor, its mindless mass hysteria and its vulgar materialism. In this sense Innerland stands as starkly opposed to the Zeitgeist of our own day as to that of the author's. A wellspring of remarkable spiritual depth, Arnold's classic work invites readers to turn from the chaos of a society distracted by violence and greed to that 'innerland of the invisible, where our spirit can find the roots of its strength.' Only there, he argues, can our life be placed under the illuminating light of the eternal and seen for what it is. Only there will we find the clarity of vision we need to win the daily battle that is life.
Christianity Today Innerland calls men and women to a life of such trust in God that their attitudes toward other people, material wealth, and earthly power are transformedChris Faatz, Powell's Books The reprinting of this masterpiece is truly a gift.
Eberhard Arnold (1883-1935) studied theology, philosophy, and education at Breslau, Halle, and Erlangen, where he received his doctorate in 1909. In 1920, out of a desire to put into practice the demands of the Sermon on the Mount, Eberhard and his wife Emmy turned their backs on middle-class Berlin - and a promising career as a writer and public speaker - and moved with their children to the small German village of Sannerz. There, with a handful of other like-minded seekers who drew their inspiration from the early Christians, they founded the communal movement now known as the Bruderhof.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780874869781 |
| ISBN 10 | 0874869781 |
| Title | Inner Land |
| Author | Eberhard Arnold |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Plough Publishing House |
| Year published | 1999-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 424 |
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