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"Identity means being the same and being different. It is a one-word oxymoron. How on earth can the concept make sense? This brilliant exposition of the question goes-by way of literature, philosophy, and psychology-to show that it can only be answered metaphysically. Identity is the mystery at the heart of creation, and, ultimately, the mystery of its Creator. Personal anxieties about who we are and political tensions about who others are melt before the radiance of God's truth. In that truth we find our true selves, as images of the unimaginable. This book guides the reader through our culture's concerns about identity and along the spiritual path that leads to the receiving of ""a white stone, with a new name written on it that no one knows except the one who receives it."""

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LUKE BELL O.S.B. studied English literature at King's College, Cambridge, and taught it for twelve years before becoming a monk. His books include The Meaning of Blue: Recovering a Contemplative Spirit (on contemplating God through creation and language, and in Himself) and Staying Tender (seven days' reflection on loving with the steadfastness of the Lord). He lives at Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight, where he enjoys swimming and reading Dostoevsky.

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