The best spiritual writing, 2012
By: edited by Philip Zaleski ; introduction by Philip Yancey
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780143119906
Subjects: Spirituality; Literary collections; American literature; Spiritual life
Description: Penguin's yearly offering of outstanding essays and poetry on faith and spirituality. Every year, the acclaimed Best Spiritual Writing series offers readers the opportunity to explore the most intriguing work on spirituality published in the past year.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Philip Zaleski; title: Introduction  -- Philip Yancey; title: Fearful symmetries  -- Stephen M. Barr -- The; title: company of drawings  -- John Berger -- The; title: ant  -- Robert Bly; title: Frat house for Jesus  -- Peter J. Boyer; title: All souls night  -- Katharine Coles; title: Gold  -- Billy Collins -- The; title: debacle  -- Andrew Cooper -- The; title: search  -- Kate Farrell; title: World as it is  -- Eamon Grennan; title: In nomine  -- A.G. Harmon; title: Wonderlust  -- Tony Hiss -- A; title: figure in black and gray  -- Joe Hoover -- A; title: chapel is where you can hear something beating below your heart  -- Pico Iyer -- The; title: Few, the proud, the chosen  -- Sam Jacobson; title: Bularian icon of the Last Supper  -- Mark Jarman; title: Where the Buddha woke up  -- Noa Jones; title: Burial cloth removed  -- Jill Noel Kandel; title: Dream of ink brush calligraphy  -- Karen Ah-hwei Lee; title: What it is that feeds us  -- B.K. Loren; title: Apparitions & visitations  -- Paul Myers; title: Harmony of heaven, earth and man--harmony of civilizations  -- Seyyed Hossein Nasr; title: Why are the Jews chosen?  -- David Novak -- The; title: next incarnation  -- Evan Osnos; title: Thinking again  -- Marilynne Robinson; title: Saint Cesar of Delano  -- Richard Rodriguez; title: Rescuing evil  -- Ron Rosenbaum; title: Are you now or have you ever been  -- Sherod Santos; title: Pears, unstolen  -- Betsy Sholl; title: Tritones  -- George Steiner -- The; title: day continues lovely  -- C.K. Williams; title: Contributors' notes --; title: Other notable spiritual writing of the year.