The Best Spiritual Writing 2010
By: Edited by Philip Zaleski ; Introduction by Pico Iyer
Contributors: Ackerman, Diane, 1948-; Bang, Mary Jo; Bass, Rick, 1958-; Berlinski, David, 1942-; Bottum, J.; Carr, Nicholas G., 1959-; Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952-; Collins, Billy; Cox, Christine; Glück, Louise, 1943-; Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013; Hirshfield, Jane, 1953-; Huston, Paula; Johnson, Charles, 1948-; Levenson, Jon Douglas; Levine, Philip, 1928-2015; McClay, Wilfred M.; Neuhaus, Richard John; Pinsky, Robert; Range, Melissa, 1973-; Rodriguez, Richard, 1944-; Rogers, Pattiann, 1940-; Shaw, Amanda; Skloot, Floyd; Soloveichik, Meir Y., 1977-; Updike, John; Wilbur, Richard, 1921-; Shengyan, 1930-2009
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780143116769
Subjects: Spirituality; Literary collections; American literature; Spiritual life
Other titles: Thisness of what is.; Dante's The inferno, Canto I : a new translation.; Fire season.; God of the gaps.; Judgment of memory.; Is Google making us stupid?; Aging Maria.; Searching.; Dalai Lama spends the night.; Before the storm.; Whisper of love.; Vinegar and oil.; Kingdom of the Eternal Heaven.; Return of the "The snow Leopard."; Prince of the Ascetics : a short story.; Chosenness and its enemies.; Words on the wind.; Our buried sentiments.; Secularizations.; Procession.; Scriptorium : the Lindisfarne Gospels.; God of the desert.; I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.; Contemptus Mundi and the love of life.; Ezra Pound in a spring storm.; Why beards?; Writer in winter.; Measuring worm.; Wanderer.
Description: "Every year, 'The Best Spiritual Writing' brings together the finest essays and poetry on the themes of faith, spirituality, and religion."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The thisness of what is  -- Diane Ackerman; title: Dante's The Inferno, Canto I: A new translation  -- Mary Jo Bang; title: Fire season  -- Rick Bass; title: The God of the gaps  -- David Berlinski; title: The judgment of memory  -- Joseph Bottum; title: Is Google making us stupid?  -- Nicholas Carr; title: The aging Maria  -- Judith Ortiz Cofer; title: Searching  -- Billy Collins; title: The Dalai Lama spends the night  -- Christi Cox; title: Before the storm  -- Louise Glück; title: The whisper of love  -- Seamus Heaney; title: Vinegar and oil  -- Jane Hirshfield; title: The kingdom of the eternal heaven  -- Paula Huston; title: The return of the 'The snow leopard'  -- Pico Iyer; title: Prince of ascetics : a short story  -- Charles Johnson; title: Chosenness and its enemies  -- Jon D. Levenson; title: Words on the wind  -- Philip Levine; title: Our buried sentiments  -- Wilfred M. McClay; title: Secularizations  -- Richard John Neuhaus; title: The procession  -- Robert Pinksy; title: Scriptorium: The Lindisfarne Gospels  -- Melissa Range; title: The God of the desert  -- Richard Rodriguez; title: I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least  -- Pattiann Rogers; title: Contemptus mundi and the love of life  -- Amanda Shaw; title: Ezra Pound in a spring storm  -- Floyd Skloot; title: Why beards?  -- Meir Soloveichik; title: The writer in winter  -- John Updike; title: Ring the bells  -- Leon Wieseltier; title: A measuring worm  -- Richard Wilbur; title: The wanderer -- Master Sheng Yen.