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Transformation in Christ: On the Christian Attitude
Recognized as a modern spiritual classic and perhaps Dietrich von Hildebrand's greatest work, this sublime and practical study gives a penetrating analysis of the true path to holiness for those who love Christ. The first requisite is the person's desire for change, and with that fundamental attitude in mind, von Hildebrand devotes a chapter to each of the successive spiri...more
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Published
February 8th 2011
by Ignatius Press
(first published August 2001)
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Excellent book. It really gets to the meat of living the Christian life and total abandonment to Christ. There are too many good points contained to do them any justice in a review here, so one needs to read it. The nutshell is this: we have to remove the natural comfort zones we create to protect ourselves and be bold for Christ, allowing Him to penetrate our hearts and transform us, not on our terms, but on His. Von Hildebrand makes this point over and over as he goes through different habits...more
Hildebrand works to unveil the inter heart of the reader and to move you to a greater submission to the work of Christ in your inter self. You may feel like Hildebrand is writing to you and he knows you personally. I believe this book will be a classic for centuries ahead.
Very challenging but well worth the effort
Recommended by James Schall in Another Sort of Learning, Chapter 16, as one of Eleven Books on Prayer, Belief, and Reflection.
Included in the "Spiritual Reading" section of Fr. John McCloskey's 100-book Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan.
Included in the "Spiritual Reading" section of Fr. John McCloskey's 100-book Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan.
See Dietrich von Hildebrand: http://www.hildebrandlegacy.org/
See Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=7R3L...
See Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=7R3L...
This took a long time to get through, but the wisdom of Dietrich Von Hildebrand should be sipped like a fine wine.
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