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Title: The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris ISBN: 1-57322-584-3 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 (48 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a Read-It-In-A-Night-And-Then-Read-It-Again-SLOWLY
Comment: Like another reviewer, THE CLOISTER WALK was a book I intended to read and never got around to. I finally got around to it, and couldn't put it down. There are times, in writing about her life and her past, where I felt Kathleen Norris was writing for me, in my own life, and her prose is just lyrical. I was 1/2 way thru this book when I turned to my husband and said..."I can't wait to read this book again!". Highly recommended for anyone who is slogging thru the world looking for a little direction in the day to day, and a little comfort and joy!
Rating: 5
Summary: An intriguing diary that calls up many questions
Comment: When Kathleen Norris found her life in a shambles, she sought shelter in the cloistered world of the Benedictines. She never details the specific problems that led to her quest for renewed faith in God. Although she has joined the monastery as an oblate--unlike the monks and nuns, she can leave to resume her married life and her book tours--she nevertheless feels that she has penetrated to the core of the monastic experience. Her descriptions of what the liturgy means to her, what the companionship of celibate men and women has given her, show us what has kept the Catholic monastery alive for nearly two thousand years. The topics of faith and spirituality, God and religion, monastic service and celibacy are interpreted through her own experience. She writes movingly and convincingly of her own feelings and thoughts, but I am left wondering just what it was that drove a married Protestant woman of middle age, who confesses to a "checkered past," to seek haven in monasteries. Surely her life's experiences color her perceptions and interpretations of cloistered Catholicism. In addition, she identifies herself as a poet, and she is a conspicuous participant in many rituals as she walks ahead of hundreds of monks to begin the reading for a service. Her anecdotes and quotations beautifully present the understanding she has gained, but how close is that to what the lifetime monks and nuns experience?
Rating: 4
Summary: The Author's Spiritual Journey Defined By Creative Thought
Comment: This book received excellent reviews; I had to satisfy my curiosity and read it. I slowly read, hoping to discover some great truths I may have missed these past 6 decades.The book is unique in that the author explains how monks and nuns live, work, and worship together in communities and also how she had the freedom to come and go as she pleased, worshipping in her protestant church as well.
This is a nice book for tolerant people of any faith. Everyone can benefit from quiet reflection, from reading scripture, from singing hymns, and from praying. We all have the freedom to worship God in different ways. Kathleen Norris was curious about the catholic faith, although she remains a protestant. Her experience within the monastery is beneficial to her soul and she describes how, as a poet and writer, the rituals, liturgy, and hospitality within the monastic setting further her own understanding of spirituality.
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Title: Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris ISBN: 1573227218 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Dakota: A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris ISBN: 0618127240 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and "Women's Work" (Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality) by Kathleen Norris ISBN: 0809138018 Publisher: Paulist Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today by Joan Chittister ISBN: 0060613998 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 10 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Virgin of Bennington by Kathleen Norris ISBN: 157322913X Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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