Awakenings: Prophetic Reflections (Paperback)

Awakenings: Prophetic Reflections By Tom Roberts (Foreword by), Joan Chittister (Afterword by), Mary Lou Kownacki (Editor) Cover Image
By Tom Roberts (Foreword by), Joan Chittister (Afterword by), Mary Lou Kownacki (Editor)
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Joan Chittister is one of the most popular and influential spiritual writers today. Apart from her scores of bestselling books and articles, she has contributed essays to dozens of other books. Collected here are two dozen of her best and most representative pieces, covering three essential themes: Women in the Church, Seeds of a New Spirituality, and the Monastic Vision. Together they provide a guide to her essential, and prophetic wisdom.

About the Author


Joan Chittister, a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, PA, is one of the most influential religious and social leaders of our time. She is the author of over 60 books, including (with Orbis) The Way of the Cross, A Passion for Life, There is a Season, The Way We Were, and Illuminated Life. Mary Lou Kownacki, also a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, is the former executive director of the Alliance for International Monasticism, USA. In 2006 she was honored by Pax Christi USA as their Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace. Mary Hembrow Snyder is professor emerita of Catholic Theology & Religious Studies who taught at Mercyhurst University for over three decades. She edited Spiritual Questions for the Twenty-First Century: Essays in Honor of Joan D. Chittister and co-edited Joan Chittister: Essential Writings with Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB. Dr. Snyder is also an Erie Benedictine Oblate.


Product Details
ISBN: 9781626984646
ISBN-10: 1626984646
Publisher: Orbis Books
Publication Date: March 23rd, 2022
Pages: 248
Language: English