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Author: Sonja Livingston
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9781496217172
ISBN 10: 1496217179
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 01 September 2019
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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A captivating account. . . . Sonja Livingston's spiritual detective story is rendered in vivid, sensual prose, filled with insight and gentle wisdom. In the end, Livingston has written a prayer-not the dull, recited kind, but a real prayer, a deeply personal song of hope. -Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic and Desire? -- Dinty W. Moore Sonja Livingston's honest account of a halting return to the Catholic Church, and to its rich traditions of ritual and symbol, will speak to spiritual seekers of all stripes. Her reverence for every image, every phrase, and every idea in this book makes The Virgin of Prince Street its own act of devotion. -Valerie Sayers, author of The Powers and Brain Fever -- Valerie Sayer In these lyrical sojourns Sonja Livingston contemplates the riches of the Catholic tradition along with its ongoing tribulations. In doing so the essayist discovers that devotion in imperfect circumstances is, in fact, the only devotion ever possible and has the extraordinary capacity to transform the human heart. Livingston's essays illuminate while infusing nuance and generosity into an increasingly polarized religious landscape. -Richard Rohr, author of Falling Upward -- Richard Rohr
A captivating account. . . . Sonja Livingston's spiritual detective story is rendered in vivid, sensual prose, filled with insight and gentle wisdom. In the end, Livingston has written a prayer; not the dull, recited kind, but a real prayer, a deeply personal song of hope. -Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic and Desire ? -- Dinty W. Moore Sonja Livingston's honest account of a halting return to the Catholic Church, and to its rich traditions of ritual and symbol, will speak to spiritual seekers of all stripes. Her reverence for every image, every phrase, and every idea in this book makes The Virgin of Prince Street its own act of devotion. -Valerie Sayers, author of The Powers and Brain Fever -- Valerie Sayer In these lyrical sojourns Sonja Livingston contemplates the riches of the Catholic tradition along with its ongoing tribulations. In doing so the essayist discovers that devotion in imperfect circumstances is, in fact, the only devotion ever possible and has the extraordinary capacity to transform the human heart. Livingston's essays illuminate while infusing nuance and generosity into an increasingly polarized religious landscape. -Richard Rohr, author of Falling Upward -- Richard Rohr
A captivating account. . . . Sonja Livingston's spiritual detective story is rendered in vivid, sensual prose, filled with insight and gentle wisdom. In the end, Livingston has written a prayer; not the dull, recited kind, but a real prayer, a deeply personal song of hope. --Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic and Desire ?-- (02/23/2019) Sonja Livingston's honest account of a halting return to the Catholic Church, and to its rich traditions of ritual and symbol, will speak to spiritual seekers of all stripes. Her reverence for every image, every phrase, and every idea in this book makes The Virgin of Prince Street its own act of devotion. --Valerie Sayers, author of The Powers and Brain Fever -- (02/23/2019) In these lyrical sojourns Sonja Livingston contemplates the riches of the Catholic tradition along with its ongoing tribulations. In doing so the essayist discovers that devotion in imperfect circumstances is, in fact, the only devotion ever possible and has the extraordinary capacity to transform the human heart. Livingston's essays illuminate while infusing nuance and generosity into an increasingly polarized religious landscape. --Richard Rohr, author of Falling Upward -- (02/23/2019)
A captivating account. . . . Sonja Livingston's spiritual detective story is rendered in vivid, sensual prose, filled with insight and gentle wisdom. In the end, Livingston has written a prayer-not the dull, recited kind, but a real prayer, a deeply personal song of hope. -Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic and Desire? -- Dinty W. Moore Sonja Livingston's honest account of a halting return to the Catholic Church, and to its rich traditions of ritual and symbol, will speak to spiritual seekers of all stripes. Her reverence for every image, every phrase, and every idea in this book makes The Virgin of Prince Street its own act of devotion. -Valerie Sayers, author of The Powers and Brain Fever -- Valerie Sayer In these lyrical sojourns Sonja Livingston contemplates the riches of the Catholic tradition along with its ongoing tribulations. In doing so the essayist discovers that devotion in imperfect circumstances is, in fact, the only devotion ever possible and has the extraordinary capacity to transform the human heart. Livingston's essays illuminate while infusing nuance and generosity into an increasingly polarized religious landscape. -Richard Rohr, author of Falling Upward -- Richard Rohr Livingston is to be lauded for documenting an honest journey back home. -Nick Ripatrazone, Plough -- Nick Ripatrazone * Plough *
Author Information
Sonja Livingston is an associate professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her essays are widely anthologized and taught in classrooms around the country. She is the award-winning author of Ghostbread, Ladies Night at the Dreamland, and Queen of the Fall (Nebraska, 2015).
