Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith
by Norris, Kathleen
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- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1573227218
- ISBN 13
- 9781573227216
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Synopsis
Struggling with her return to the Christian church after many years away, Kathleen Norris found it was the language of Christianity that most distanced her from faith. Words like "judgment," "faith," "dogma," "salvation," "sinner"even "Christ"formed what she called her "scary vocabulary," words that had become so codified or abstract that their meanings were all but impenetrable. She found she had to wrestle with them and make them her own before they could confer their blessings and their grace. Blending history, theology, storytelling, etymology, and memoir, Norris uses these words as a starting point for reflection, and offers a moving account of her own gradual conversion. She evokes a rich spirituality rooted firmly in the chaos of everyday lifeand offers believers and doubters alike an illuminating perspective on how we can embrace ancient traditions and find faith in the contemporary world.
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- Bookseller
- More Than Words Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOS-I-13i-01246
- Title
- Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith
- Author
- Norris, Kathleen
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1573227218
- ISBN 13
- 9781573227216
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- April 1, 1999
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