Reviewed by Megan Schaffner Preprint of article to appear in the December 1997 issue of Famous Reporter F rom deserts the prophets come wrote A D Hope in his poem 'Australia'. The Eremos Institute was set up fifteen years ago by three members of the Anglican clergy in Sydney, with the intention of making it an ecumenical Christian institute for spiritual inquiry and education. Books suggested for group discussion are available for sale through the Institute, and range across fiction and poetry as well as non-fiction. While covering a range of opinion, contributors to Eremos tend to be radical rather than traditional in their views, often with a bias towards fem-inist theology and creation spirituality as articulated by Matthew Fox. The articles draw on personal experience and are vividly direct rather than abstractly academic in tone.
Australian contributions make up the bulk of each issue.
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