(Oxford University Press), Richard Lischer, Christian pastor and professor emeritus at Duke Divinity School, celebrates individuals who’ve made a profound impact in the genre of spiritual memoir—Augustine, Julian of Norwich, Emily Dickinson, James Baldwin, and Anne Lamott among them. As Lischer observes, all of these luminaries were deeply committed both to living life well and writing out their lives, in a mysterious, mystical, dynamic relationship with the page. Lischer affirms philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre who said that the only way to answer the question of “who am I?” is by orienting yourself in a larger story, finding those whose stories help you make sense of life, and sharing your own story with others. This seems to be Lischer’s
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THE HOW OF HAPPINESS
Nov 22, 2022
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