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    <body><![CDATA[In places Simone Weil's writings indeed have a wondrous mystical quality; there I found myself captivated in the realm of the deeply spiritual and personal.  Her reflections on experiencing God's love through the forsaken, the value of deemphasizing will, and adopting a stance of waiting for God int...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15178214">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The essay on academic studies with a view to loving God argues that when we study, we develop our ability to pay attention, and attention is essential to loving God, since prayer is basically attending to God.  Very provocative and challenging, especially as I think about grad school.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of one young woman who attempted to replace food with Jesus, with predictable results.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Regardless of your particular Christian denomination/theology - this is a must read.  Even if one doesn't agree with the doctrinal details she puts forth - I agreed with who she was and how she thought.  It is rare that so logical and thoughtful a scholar grant God mystery.  I put her right next to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70549440">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book 20 years ago and it has had a profound affect on my life and my understanding of how to be in relation with the divine.  Weil says that we must wait upon God's pleasure, that what we are is entirely up to God.  She says that it is our attention that is most valuable and that we must...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77208926">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This beautiful book offers philosopher Simone Weil's thoughts on the Christian faith.  Although Weil never officially joined the Church, she came to a deep faith in Christianity that is wonderfully told in this book.  Highly recommended.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[wanted to wait til i had something to say about this before updating to &quot;read&quot; (this plan has me 9 books behind &amp; is obviously working brilliantly),  but for now need to at least say <em>amazing.</em>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Worth reading, but mostly seems to be opinion and related to cultural beliefs so more interesting than thought provoking. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Infuriating, disturbing, compelling, moving.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Her writing is not presumptuous - when you are reading, are are immersed in the ideas and flow of a brilliant mind and forget about the fact that you are reading.  <br/><br/>Her ideas about how we should live are extreme but full of truth, and her descriptions of concepts she feels passionate abou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2096416">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A lot of her talk about affliction is off-putting, as I don't think she understands it. Yeah, Weil forsook her upper-class life to temporarily work menial jobs. So did I, and I hardly think that counts as knowing the &quot;affliction&quot; she claims to understand so deeply. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Simone Weil is the the ultimate subversive Christian who completely identified herself with the alien and rejected of institutionalized religion. A heroine of the faith whose writing is a clear strong draught of truth. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Eminent thinker Simone Weil presents her unique and subtle take on Christianity.  By turns theological, spiritual, and mystical, her book makes difficult but fascinating reading. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Simone Weil is weird.  And paradoxical.  And in that way, she's sort of an embodiment of all things spiritual.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Weil's essay on how and why a Christian should study is a revelation.]]></body>
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