The Great Escape Manual: A Spirituality of Liberation
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (971 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 093951656X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 346 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
J Parkes said Manual for 'a spirituality of liberation'. Fr. Edward Hays, a priest and director of a Roman Catholic retreat center, has written a worthwhile and very useful guide to `escaping' from the various self-made `prisons' we twenty-first century humans find ourselves in. He believes that the salvation Jesus brought is aimed not only at getting us into heaven, but also that salvation involves freeing ourselves from the prisons we find ourselves in so that we can be the mature children our father intended us to be.The book is devoted to a number of what he calls `prisons. Kay said Good, practical Spiritual Support. I find it to be very informative. It is a wonderful support for my current spiritual quest. I am so glad I got it.. The Great Escape Manual is no escape I found this book to be useless. It randomly rambled about the evils of any belief in truth. The author's bias against Biblical Christianity is so strong that he seems to be on more of a vendetta against real Christians than on a mission to free people. I'm sorry for the miserable life he must have lived to have written something like this. The only good thing I can say about this book is that it burned well in my stove.
. Fr. He has served as a chaplain of the state penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas, parish priest, and spiritual director. Hays is the author of more than thirty books on contemporary spirituality. He was the co-founder and moving spirit of Forest of Peace Publishing and founding director of Shantivanam, a Midwest center for contemplative prayer. Hays has spent extended periods of pilgrimage in the Near East, the Holy Land, and India and remai
Presents escape plans that will help you break through the walls of anger, fear, impatience, advancing old age, crowded schedules, and work.
We long for liberation from the jails we have built for ourselves, the prisons our culture has locked us in. "We all long for freedom. Edward Hays offers us tools for escape. In an engaging, accessible manner, Hays unlocks the prison door and shows us a wonderful world we may have forgotten about or may have ever known."