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Title: Behold the Beauty of the Lord by Henri J. M. Nouwen ISBN: 0-87793-356-1 Publisher: Ave Maria Press Pub. Date: April, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: How to pray with icons: great for devotees and iconoclasts
Comment: Henri Nouwen was one of the most trusted and respected spiritual writers and counselors when he was alive. His words have blessed many thousands of people in many traditions. I especially recommend this one.
Although Nouwen was a Roman Catholic priest, in this book he explores Eastern Orthodox spirituality, teaching us how to pray with icons. His teaching, from an Orthodox perspective, is doctrinally sound and very insightful. The book has four secions, one for each of the icons: The Holy Trinity (a famous icon by St. Andrei Rublev--see the movie), the Virgin of Vladimir (a beautiful icon painted by St. Luke the Evangelist, according to legend), the Savior of Zvenigorod (also by Rublev), and Pentecost. The icons are reproduced beautifully on fold-out portions at each end of the book, so that you can read and ponder the icons simultaneously.
If icons are to you just pictures or religious decorations, this book will teach how to look more deeply, to see the spiritual significance of their details, to see the Gospel in their art. You will, if you are willing, naturally be led to pray and to receive them as revelations of spiritual reality. But if you are skeptical, perhaps from an iconoclast tradition, at least you will begin to understand why icons are so precious in Orthodox tradition.
Rating: 5
Summary: Nouwen Invites Us Into His Mind & Heart
Comment: This isn't a dogmatic book that tells the reader what one must get out of praying with icons. Nouwen simply relates an experience he had over a course of several years while visiting l'Arche, a community for people with mental handicaps, in Trosly, France. Each year, when he visited, a different icon was placed on the table of the room where he stayed. Nouwen simply records the fruits of his meditations for us to read.
In doing so, he aptly teaches the reader more about praying with icons than any "how to" book ever could.
This book came at a perfect time for me in my spiritual journey. I was just beginning to open up to the world of praying with icons, when Nouwen lit a fire within my soul. I hope the book does the same for you.
NEGATIVE: I will offer only one negative point concerning this book. The glue on my copy was defective and the front portion of the cover pulled away from the book. It has been my experience that what happens with one book, may happen with many. Still, I feel completely comfortable recommending it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Refreshing to learn
Comment: This book was loaned to me, I promptly bought it through Amazon.com because it is so helpful in focus. The explanations are easy to follow, depth of insight provides a delight in learning, and the four beautiful prints allow immediate reference and practical meditation. Highly recommended.
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Title: Praying With Icons by James H. Forest, Jim Forest ISBN: 1570751129 Publisher: Orbis Books Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Sacred Doorways: A Beginner's Guide to Icons by Linette Martin ISBN: 1557253072 Publisher: Paraclete Press Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Icon: Window on the Kingdom by Michel Quenot ISBN: 0881410985 Publisher: St Vladimirs Seminary Pr Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Ponder These Things: Praying With Icons of the Virgin by Rowan Williams ISBN: 1580511244 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (Non NBN) Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen ISBN: 0385473079 Publisher: Image Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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