{"id":95,"date":"2008-02-18T03:11:29","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T11:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opinion.katrinasdream.org\/?p=95"},"modified":"2008-02-18T03:19:15","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T11:19:15","slug":"books-to-rock-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/books-to-rock-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Books to Rock the Church"},"content":{"rendered":"
Books by Maggie Ross<\/strong><\/em>
\nOr Recommended by Her<\/em><\/div>\n


\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Available from George Swanson at:<\/em>
\ngeorge@katrinasdream.org<\/em>
\nFree shipping<\/em><\/div>\n


\n<\/em>Maggie Ross \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Pillars of Flame: Power, Priesthood, and Spiritual Maturity\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 $20<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153A passionate and searching book which unsparingly sets the Gospel in judgment over the popular Christian idolatries of our time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There are no priests in the four Gospels or the genuine letters of Paul. That fact should make us rethink entirely the concepts of Christian ministry and community. Maggie Ross gives us a good way to start.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Garry Wills, author of What Jesus Meant<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ross argues that our methods of ordaining clergy based on their sense of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153inner call\u00e2\u20ac\u009d results in human control by fear, not transfiguration in love.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Seabury Press in the jacket blurb<\/p>\n

<\/em>Maggie Ross \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Fire of Your Life\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 $15<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6full of vigor\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.and written with fierceness, humor, and beauty.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Maggie Ross has nourished my spirit\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. She describes deep spiritual truths in a manner that rings true.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Desmond Tutu, Nobel Laureate and former Archbishop of Capetown<\/p>\n

<\/em>Martin Laird \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Into the Silent Land\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 $20<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Into the Silent Land reflects a happy combination of wide learning, authentic spiritual experience, and clear jargon-free prose.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Lawrence S. Cunningham, author of Thomas Merton and the Monastic Vision<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I tried it and it works. Try it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Desmond Tutu, Nobel Laureate and former Archbishop of Capetown<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6sharp, deep, with no clich\u00c3\u00a9s, no psychobabble and no short cuts. Its honesty is bracing, its vision utterly clear; it is a rare treasure.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury<\/p>\n

<\/em>Beverly Lanzetta \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Other Side of Nothingness\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 $20<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The work draws on a variety of Christian mystical texts, including those of Meister Eckhart, Gregory of Nyssa, Pseudo-Dionysius, Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint Bonaventure, and the anonymous author of The Cloud of the Unknowing while also making reference to Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism and the thought of contemporary social mystics such as Heschel, Gandhi, Merton, Thurman, and Day.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c State University of New York Press<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This book tackles one of the most significant problems that the study of religion has raised today: How do we remain committed to our own religious tradition and at the same time remain open to the beauty and validity of other religions.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Harold Kasimow, coeditor of No Religion is an Island<\/p>\n

<\/em>Garry Wills \u00e2\u20ac\u201c What Jesus Meant\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 $15<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fascinating\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. Like a long, rich conversation with a learned friend\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6that engages the heart and mind, to the ultimate benefit of both.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jon Meacham, The New York Times Book Revie
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\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It is plainer than we might like, and thus harder both to take and to avoid.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Peter Gomes, Plummer Professor of Morals, Harvard<\/p>\n

<\/em>James Alison \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Knowing Jesus\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 $15<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Brilliantly makes the question Do you know Jesus? fresh, unfamiliar, absorbing and challenging. The most lucid and imaginative presentation of a theology of redemption that I have read in many years.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153James Alison has done a useful service in challenging us to look provocatively at old truths in a new light.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Charles Colson<\/p>\n

Second hand copies of two other books by Ross: 1) The Fountain and the Furnace: The Way of Tears and Fire and 2) Seasons of Death and Life: A Wilderness Memoir are available from Amazon.com, alibris.com, abebooks.com, and biblio.com. Also try the Anglican Bibliopole by phone at (518) 587-7470 or by email at AnglicanBk@aol.com. I found both of these books very powerful. George
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Books by Maggie Ross Or Recommended by Her Available from George Swanson at: george@katrinasdream.org Free shipping Maggie Ross \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Pillars of Flame: Power, Priesthood, and Spiritual Maturity\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 $20 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A passionate and searching book which unsparingly sets the Gospel in judgment over the popular Christian idolatries of our time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There…
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