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To Believe in Jesus
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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To Believe in Jesus
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ruth Burrows OCD
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:128 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Christian theology
Theology |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781441182821
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| Classifications | Dewey:234.23 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Continuum Publishing Corporation
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| Imprint |
Continuum Publishing Corporation
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| Publication Date |
1 July 2010 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
The message of To Believe in Jesus is heartening, if disconcerting, for it stands a common assumption on its head. The way to holiness is not through dramatic renunciation, and holiness itself is not just for the 'specialists', clergy and religious. Holiness cannot be struggled for and won - it can only be given, and all that is necessary is that we should ask. As soon as we cease to strive for virtue, concentrating attention uselessly on ourselves, and instead recognise our weakness, our need, the way is open to encounter God and the holiness of Jesus which is His gift.
Author Biography
Ruth Burrows is a Carmelite Nun from Quidenham in Norfolk, UK. She is the author of a number of bestselling books including Guidelines for Mystical Prayer and Essence of Prayer.
Reviews'Dame Maria Boulding was acclaimed in her lifetime as an outstanding spiritual teacher. Her vision lives on in this book, written in the final months of her life as she struggled with an agonising terminal illness' Cathloic Herald, 13th August 2010 'Ruth Burrows continues to communicate a valuable spiritual message to us.' -- Fairacres Chronicle
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