A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life

A book rich in personal and practical wisdom pointing to the meaning of a religious life and its promised happiness.

Informationen zum Autor Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, where she teaches students across the liberal arts. Her acclaimed book Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life (Princeton University Press, 2020) was widely discussed and reviewed in a number of prominent periodicals which included the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, and the Irish Times. Klappentext A book rich in personal and practical wisdom pointing to the meaning of a religious life and its promised happiness. Zusammenfassung Sequestered monastic communities have always been a part of the global Christian landscape. What calls a person to join such a community? Drawing on her own rich personal experience, Zena Hitz explores compelling questions of faith, sacrifice, asceticism and happiness, offering examples and stories from daily religious life. Inhaltsverzeichnis What is this book about?; Introduction: renunciation and happiness; 1. The call; 2. Blessed are the poor; 3. Intimacy with God; 4. The family of humanity; 5. Abandonment and freedom; Conclusion: The last things.

Autorentext
Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, where she teaches students across the liberal arts. Her acclaimed book Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life (Princeton University Press, 2020) was widely discussed and reviewed in a number of prominent periodicals which included the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, and the Irish Times.

Zusammenfassung
Sequestered monastic communities have always been a part of the global Christian landscape. What calls a person to join such a community? Drawing on her own rich personal experience, Zena Hitz explores compelling questions of faith, sacrifice, asceticism and happiness, offering examples and stories from daily religious life.

Inhalt

What is this book about?; Introduction: renunciation and happiness; 1. The call; 2. Blessed are the poor; 3. Intimacy with God; 4. The family of humanity; 5. Abandonment and freedom; Conclusion: The last things.