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To Tell the Sacred Tale: Spiritual Direction and Narrative
Janet K. Ruffing
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Description for To Tell the Sacred Tale: Spiritual Direction and Narrative
Paperback. This book shows the singular importance of narrative in the process of spiritual direction and reflects on this interactive process of sharing our sacred stories in pastoral contexts in order to hear and respond more deeply to the story God is telling in our lives. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Stories are the connective tissue between culture and nature, self and other, life and death, that sew the world together, and in telling, the soul quickens and comes alive. This volume describes the inherently narrative process of spiritual direction in relationship to our modern or postmodern contexts. It discusses the significance of narrative across cultures, core metaphors of the self, the benefits of narrative situations and recent research related to the autobiographical self. It encourages spiritual directors to pay close attention to the actual stories directees tell and suggests helpful responses directors can make to these sacred tales based on ... Read more
Stories are the connective tissue between culture and nature, self and other, life and death, that sew the world together, and in telling, the soul quickens and comes alive. This volume describes the inherently narrative process of spiritual direction in relationship to our modern or postmodern contexts. It discusses the significance of narrative across cultures, core metaphors of the self, the benefits of narrative situations and recent research related to the autobiographical self. It encourages spiritual directors to pay close attention to the actual stories directees tell and suggests helpful responses directors can make to these sacred tales based on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Paulist Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Mahwah, United States
ISBN
9780809147236
SKU
V9780809147236
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Ref
99-10
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