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The Best Spiritual Writing 2012
by
Philip Zaleski ,
Philip Yancey (Goodreads Author)
Penguin's yearly offering of outstanding essays and poetry on faith and spirituality.
Every year, the acclaimed Best Spiritual Writing series offers readers the opportunity to explore the most intriguing work on spirituality published in the past year. Featuring a splendid and varied selection, "The Best Spiritual Writing 2012" is an elegant collection that gathers intimat...more
Every year, the acclaimed Best Spiritual Writing series offers readers the opportunity to explore the most intriguing work on spirituality published in the past year. Featuring a splendid and varied selection, "The Best Spiritual Writing 2012" is an elegant collection that gathers intimat...more
ebook, 304 pages
Published
September 27th 2011
by Penguin Books
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This is a great collection of essays and poems. Pico Iyer's essay "A Chapel is Where you can Hear Something Beating Below your Heart," is quietly evocative of that "Something" beating below the human heart. I'll keep dipping into this volume for quick sips of thoughtful writing.
I first bought this series' book. I have imagined collective esseys like "Chicken Soup" before reading, but completely different. I was little disappointed. But some essays are great without mentioning of Philip Zaleski and Philip Yancy's introduction.
I like the most 'The Next Incarnation' by Evan Osnos,
and the most interestead essay is 'The Few, The Pride, The Chosen' by Sam Jacobson. Some of them I couldn't understand, because too specialized.
On poem, I like 'All Souls Night' by Katherine Co...more
I like the most 'The Next Incarnation' by Evan Osnos,
and the most interestead essay is 'The Few, The Pride, The Chosen' by Sam Jacobson. Some of them I couldn't understand, because too specialized.
On poem, I like 'All Souls Night' by Katherine Co...more
I've enjoyed previous issues of this annual book, but this was a bit uneven (and oddly, featured mostly male writers). Highlights: essays by Pico Iyer, A.G Harmon and Andrew Cooper, and a poem by Billy Collins.
Another sterling collection. Standouts for me include Pico Iyer and BK Loren's essays, both addressing the places of prayer. Also moving were Robinsons's scathing response to materialists and "Tritones" by George Steiner, who writes an " argument" between math, music, and poetry as to what is closest to the divine.
Philip Yancey was the main draw to this book for me. His thoughts in the intro were enlightening. But, I didn't finish this book. I couldn't. It was too hard a read. I likes the one on the house in D.C. for politicians, but the rest was took too much effort for a simpleton like me, I guess.
This was a good collection. There were more than three memorable pieces, but the three best were Stephen M. Barr's "Fearful Symmetries," Paul Myers's "Apparitions & Visitations," and Ron Rosenbaum's "Rescuing Evil."
We're reading this for church adult ed program and I thought it would be dry and boring, but the essays were fun and interesting and great for discussion.
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