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I Am an Impure Thinker
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Paperback, 243 pages
Published
2001
by Argo Books
(first published May 1st 1969)
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No time to review, but for now, I'll just quote Eugene Peterson about this book:
"Not a book strictly about prayer, but about language and the various ways we use and misuse it. I have learned as much indirectly from this German who immigrated to America, this Jew who converted to Christianity, than from most who write directly on prayer" (17, Take & Read: Spiritual Reading, An Annotated List).
You are not likely to read anything else like this book, unless its another Rosenstock-Huessy book.
"Not a book strictly about prayer, but about language and the various ways we use and misuse it. I have learned as much indirectly from this German who immigrated to America, this Jew who converted to Christianity, than from most who write directly on prayer" (17, Take & Read: Spiritual Reading, An Annotated List).
You are not likely to read anything else like this book, unless its another Rosenstock-Huessy book.
Bite-size ERH; still quite a mouthful.
Excellent.
This is the first ERH book I read, as recommended by James Jordan. A tremendous introduction to the mind of ERH.
This is a must read for serious thinkers.
This is a must read for serious thinkers.
A great way to introduce people to ERH.
I've been reading bits and pieces of this for a while, but recently dipped back in with more attention and have been blown away by a couple of pieces especially.
A great introduction to the mind of ERH.
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Eugen Rosenstock-Hüssy (July 6, 1888 – February 24, 1973) was a historian and social philosopher, whose work spanned the disciplines of history, theology, sociology, linguistics and beyond. Born in Berlin, Germany into a non-observant Jewish family, the son of a prosperous banker, he converted to Christianity in his late teens, and thereafter the interpretation and reinterpretation of Christianity
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