About this title: This 15th-century meditation on the spiritual life influenced Thomas More, St. Ignatius Loyola, Thomas Merton, Pope John Paul I, and many others. A classic text of Western religious ideals.
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1959
Description: Fair. Penguin classics series with purple border. Pages tanning, prev owner's name on ffep and small tear at top of spine but an acceptable reading copy. read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Religious
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780340247013ISBN:0340247010
Description: Good. All orders are dispatched from our UK warehouse within one working day. Established in 2004. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. R Mowbray, London
Date Published: 0
Description: Cover slightly scuffed through use. Hardback, Ex-Library, with usual stamps markings, in good all-round condition, no dust jacket, 299pages., 400grams, ISBN: read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Blackie and Son, London
Description: Rebound. Hardback, Ex-Library, with usual stamps markings, with previous owner's inscription inside cover, in good all-round condition, 303pages., 200grams, ISBN: read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: R. & T. Washbourne
Date Published: 1909
Description: Softback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a reading copy. Ships within 24 hours., 150grams, ISBN: read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780340980163ISBN:0340980168
Description: New. Brand new books, maps and cd's available immediately from a reputable and well rated UK bookseller; despatched promptly and reliably worldwide. read more
Edition: reprint.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1965
Description: Paperback, VG. 217pp, a near fine copy. Translation of the German Monks a manual of devotion intended to help the soul in its communion with God and the pursuit of holiness. Its sentences are statements, not arguments and were intended for Monks. One of the most widely distributed books of all time, after the Bible & one in which Kempis realised the futility of existence without God. read more
Description: Rep. "The purpose of the renowned mediaeval manual of devotion from which the following extracts are taken is to exhort and instruct the Christian how to seek spiritual perfection by constantly following Christ Crucified as his example. " 13cms. x10.5cms. Pp.64, previous owners inkstamp to verso front cover. Pbk. VG. read more
Binding: Hard Back/Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, London, UK
Description: Very Good + No Dustjacket. 6 1/4" Tall. 286 pages. No dustjacket. Very clean dark blue leatherette binding. Page-edges very lightly browned o/w contents very clean. read more
"Rereading this with Benedict's Book Club...should reread this at least once @ year anyway!
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Have read this book so many times I have lost count. It is WONDERFUL!!! After the Bible it is the most popular book in Christianity and a well-deserved/earned reputation too."
"If anyone can claim the credentials to be a "card carrying evangelical", it's me. Born and raised Church of the Nazarene. Saved at grandma's Methodist church camp. Baptized, second-act-of-grace santicfication, Youth for Christ trained, Billy Graham crusade foot soldier. It is a membership that lasted well over forty years. But by the end of the 2004 presidential campaign, if there had been somewhere I could go and turn in my card, I would have gladly done so. By that time the word "evangelical" had pretty much lost any sense of religious identification for me. It had been almost completely co-opted by Republican political operatives and Christian Fundamentalists with whom I had little or no sense of theological community.
In retrospect, my departure from mainstream evangelicalism had starting years earlier, when I discovered the Social Justice wing of the church, which, in my own view, remained Protestant and Wesleyan. But as I grew old and crusty, my faith journey started to take some strange twists and turns. In retropsect, the mile stones in this journey became marked by a reading list that grew ever wider from the boundaries of my Protestant upbringing and education.
This book shelf, "Evangelical Escape Pod" is actually a literary history of books that have brought me to a place that would probably send my Nazarene Sunday School teachers into a frenzy of Wednesday night Prayer Meeting intersession (or possibly intervention). It began with this book, "The Imitation of Christ", which I first read probably sometime in the late 80s. It was the first sharp departure from my Prtotestant Reformation comfort zone, and began a long, slow and still evolving transformation"
"This is not a book that can be read quickly. It is very spiritual and challenges the reader. At the same time,this book can be rather intimidating. After all, the writer was a monk and lived in a religious community -- and his opportunities for prayer and meditation and quietness are inherent in his environment. I was able to relate more readily to Brother Lawrence's book, as he worked in a kitchen, and his walk was linked to his relationship with others in his everyday encounters. There are parts of this book that really spoke to my heart and I know I will reread again in the future. I also thought this title was misleading, for I was anticipating more of a book that taught how to live everyday life as Christ would have us live it. Instead, one of the main themes is coming apart from the world to live a life totally committed to Christ. Another major concern of the book is the sinfulness of man, and I didn't feel that this was balanced with the message of the grace of God. For someone on a spiritual journey, it definitely is a book worth reading. The reason I gave it a 3 instead of a 4 is that there were parts of the book that I simply couldn't relate to, especially the section on the Mass. For others this segment would be very meaningful and would definitely add to their appreciation of the book. Overall, I would say I gained spiritual insights and was definitely led to ponder the deep side of spiritualism."
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