A Third Testament: A Modern Pilgrim Explores the Spiritual Wanderings of Augustine, Blake, Pascal, Tolstoy, Bonhoeffer, Kierkegaard, and Dostoevsky
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (619 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1570755329 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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--Publishers Weekly. Muggeridge, a witty, skeptical observer of people and himself can be amusing, exasperating, or absurd…But he is never dull
A humble, honest and beautiful work Muggeridge has created in this book and in the accompanying video series a humble, honest, and beautiful work of simple yet deeply compelling biography. By focusing on the spiritual journeys of six/seven essential figures (in the video series he covers Augustine, Pascal, Kierkegaard, Blake, Tolstoy, and Boenhoffer, and in the book he adds to this group Dostoyevsky) Muggeridge discovers certain necessities of the spiritual life and illuminates them and brings them into focus. Both the book and the video series are essential to . Wayne Lusvardi said I found the reviews of this book far off the. I found the reviews of this book far off the mark. First, the book is mis-titled. It is not a book on the Third Testament of the Judeo-Christian Bible through the modern writings of Augustine, Blake, Pascal, Tolstoy, Bonhoeffer, Kierkegaard, and Dostoevsky. It is merely a biography of these writers which hardly touches on their written "testaments". The title should have been "Modern Witnesses" or "Modern Prophets" or "Modern Apostles".Second, the writing is sometimes so filled with metaphors and similes, that the message some. The Third Testament AN AMAZING BOOK! I picked this book up randomly. It was in a forgotten RELIGIOUS section of a city library. Malcolm takes scattered history and complicated theology and reveals what it simply looked like in the lives of these great leaders. Definitely food for the heart and the soul!
Based on a celebrated TV series, these illuminating portraits bring to life seven famous men in search of God.
. Lewis. But he never stopped searching or asking questions, which may explain his enduring appeal, which is often compared to that of his compatriots G. S. Chesterton and C. K. World-renowned philosopher, humorist, newspaper editor, and university rector, British writer Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990) is best known to American audiences for his book Something Beautiful for God (a cla