The Serenity Prayer by Elisabeth Sifton
A landmark work on the liberal ideals of the progressive American tradition, reaffirming their relevance for today: A major contribution to the intellectual history of modernity. -Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
"A timely reminder of the wealth and diversity of the American religious tradition" -- Walter Russell Mead - Foreign Affairs
"[An] ebullient and shrewd meditation on faith and social action…A peaceable state of mind simply accompanies the reader as he ends this effortlessly elegant, uniformly sensible paean to the human faith that Sifton inherited." -- Carlin Romano - Philadelphia Inquirer
"The Serenity Prayer is an adventure in applied theology, family history, and a nation's search for meaning. Elisabeth Sifton has written a deeply engaging work of memory and imagination; a broadside critique of politics and religion worthy of the name Niebuhr; a humane meditation on prayer; memoir at its best; nothing less than literature." -- James Carroll
"Elisabeth Sifton's The Serenity Prayer is in part a memoir of her father, Reinhold Niebuhr, in part a meditation on the dilemmas of religious faith in the contemporary world. Beautifully written, filled with perceptive insights and wry humor, it is a major contribution to the intellectual history of modernity." -- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
"Crossing all religious boundaries, the Serenity Prayer may be the best-loved prayer in America. Why? Elisabeth Sifton gives the best answer by remembering a life lived in fidelity to the prayer, the life of her father, the prayer's author, Reinhold Niebuhr. Candidly observed, brimful of energy and wit, this memoir becomes by its end a moving meditation on the dark heart of the twentieth century." -- Jack Miles, author of Religion As We Know It
"[An] ebullient and shrewd meditation on faith and social action…A peaceable state of mind simply accompanies the reader as he ends this effortlessly elegant, uniformly sensible paean to the human faith that Sifton inherited." -- Carlin Romano - Philadelphia Inquirer
"The Serenity Prayer is an adventure in applied theology, family history, and a nation's search for meaning. Elisabeth Sifton has written a deeply engaging work of memory and imagination; a broadside critique of politics and religion worthy of the name Niebuhr; a humane meditation on prayer; memoir at its best; nothing less than literature." -- James Carroll
"Elisabeth Sifton's The Serenity Prayer is in part a memoir of her father, Reinhold Niebuhr, in part a meditation on the dilemmas of religious faith in the contemporary world. Beautifully written, filled with perceptive insights and wry humor, it is a major contribution to the intellectual history of modernity." -- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
"Crossing all religious boundaries, the Serenity Prayer may be the best-loved prayer in America. Why? Elisabeth Sifton gives the best answer by remembering a life lived in fidelity to the prayer, the life of her father, the prayer's author, Reinhold Niebuhr. Candidly observed, brimful of energy and wit, this memoir becomes by its end a moving meditation on the dark heart of the twentieth century." -- Jack Miles, author of Religion As We Know It
Elisabeth Sifton (1939—2019) was an author and senior vice president of Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393326628 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393326624 |
| Title | The Serenity Prayer |
| Author | Elisabeth Sifton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2011-01-14 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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