Hunting for Hope: A Father's Journeys
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (632 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807064254 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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I found this one of the best books I have read in a long time Clare Hallward I found this one of the best books I have read in a long time. I used to always read the articles in Orion written by Scott Russell Sanders, which is the reason I ordered the book, I have since given it to three different friends and plan to give it to moreI really resonate with his articulation of finding hope in wildness. This profound faith in n. Hope and staying true Laina M. Gerace How can you maintain hope in the midst of environmental degradation, waste, and human callousness? While not ground breaking, this is a thoughtful, beautifully written book about life's values and staying true to nature. I loved the chapter on fidelity. The author's relationship with his teenaged son while camping and hiking is both humorous and to. "ALL THAT A READER COULD HOPE FOR" according to A Customer. Here is a father who takes his son's world seriously. We can learn by his tales the power of passing wisdom along kindly and eloquently, while at the same time listening with attentiveness to the concerns of the future. Because the author is willing to learn from a younger generation, we as readers may learn along with him. He also has lessons of h
In Hunting for Hope he sets out to gather his own reasons for facing the future with hope, finding powers of healing in nature, in culture, in community, in spirit, and within each of us.. After an angry confrontation with his son on a hiking trip intended to restore their relationship, Scott Sanders realizes that his own despair has darkened his son's world
"You make me feel the planet's dying and people are to blame and nothing can be done about it," Jesse tells his father. In chapters such as "Wildness," "Body Bright," "Fidelity," and "Simplicity" Sanders calls to mind the writing of American Transcendentalists as well as Wendell Berry's essays on faith and community. I have to believe there's a way out of this mess. These elegant, carefully polished essays slide one into the other as smoothly as the joints of a craftsman's chair. Author Scott Russell Sanders has