Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality
Title: Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality Author: Ronald Rolheiser ISBN: 9780385494182 Publisher: Image Published: 1999 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Edition: 1 Number of Pages: 272 Publisher Description: Ronald Rolheiser makes sense of what is frequently a misunderstood word: spirituality. In posing the question "What is spirituality?" Father Rolheiser gets quickly to the heart of common difficulties with the subject, and shows through compelling anecdotes and personal examples how to channel that restlessness, that deep desire, into a healthy spirituality. This book is for those searching to understand what Christian spirituality means and how to apply it to their own lives.Rolheiser explains the nonnegotiables--the importance of community worship, the imperatives surrounding social action, the centrality of the Incarnation, the sustenance of the spiritual life--and ho