| The Imitation of Christ Contributor(s): Benham, William (Translator), A'Kempis, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 154292782X ISBN-13: 9781542927826 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Self-help | Spiritual - Religion | Devotional |
| Dewey: 242 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.67 lbs) 222 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Theometrics - Evangelical |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imitation of Christ. This meditation on the spiritual life has inspired readers from Thomas More and St. Ignatius Loyola to Thomas Merton and Pope John Paul I. Written by the Augustinian monk Thomas Kempis between 1420 and 1427, it contains clear instructions for renouncing wordly vanities and locating eternal truths. No book has more explicitly and movingly described the Christian ideal: "My son, to the degree that you can leave yourself behind, to that degree will you be able to enter into Me." With a new Preface by Sally Cunneen, author of In Search of Mary: The Woman and the Symbol. |