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Author: Carmen Acevedo Butcher
Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.397kg
ISBN: 9781590306222
ISBN 10: 1590306228
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 14 April 2009
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
-This classic deserves to be read by every age in its own cultural idiom. Dr. Butcher has done just that and has preserved a valuable treasure for our time. This is the book that balances our lust for knowing with the freedom of not needing to know at all!---Richard Rohr, OFM, author of Radical Grace and Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer -Brilliant, bold, and breathtaking. Carmen Acevedo Butcher is called to this work, and I have no doubt the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing is the one calling her. I loved her sensitivity to the original Middle English, her fascinating background details, and her high level of accuracy. I am delighted that this passionate and readable new translation of the Cloud is on the planet!---Cynthia Bourgeault, author of The Wisdom Jesus and Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening
This classic deserves to be read by every age in its own cultural idiom. Dr. Butcher has done just that and has preserved a valuable treasure for our time. This is the book that balances our lust for knowing with the freedom of not needing to know at all! Richard Rohr, OFM, author of Radical Grace and Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer Brilliant, bold, and breathtaking. Carmen Acevedo Butcher is called to this work, and I have no doubt the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing is the one calling her. I loved her sensitivity to the original Middle English, her fascinating background details, and her high level of accuracy. I am delighted that this passionate and readable new translation of the Cloud is on the planet! Cynthia Bourgeault, author of The Wisdom Jesus and Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening
“This classic deserves to be read by every age in its own cultural idiom. Dr. Butcher has done just that and has preserved a valuable treasure for our time. This is the book that balances our lust for knowing with the freedom of not needing to know at all!”—Richard Rohr, OFM, author of Radical Grace and Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer <br>“Brilliant, bold, and breathtaking. Carmen Acevedo Butcher is called to this work, and I have no doubt the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing is the one calling her. I loved her sensitivity to the original Middle English, her fascinating background details, and her high level of accuracy. I am delighted that this passionate and readable new translation of the Cloud is on the planet!”—Cynthia Bourgeault, author of The Wisdom Jesus and Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening
Author Information
Carmen Acevedo Butcher is Associate Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Shorter College, Rome, Georgia, where she is also Scholar-in-Residence. She has published numerous translations of Christian mystical classics, includingHildegard of Bingen- A Spiritual Reader, Man of Blessing- A Life of Benedict,Incandescence- 365 Readings with Women Mystics, andA Little Daily Wisdom- Christian Women Mystics.
