Sister Wendy on Prayer

Biographical Introduction by David Willcock
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-8389-8
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 176 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 332 g

Sister Wendy, who has been dedicated to a life of prayer for more than half a century, has always resisted writing a book on the subject. Her reasons mix humility with a conviction that prayer is simple: books about prayer can be a dangerous distraction. Yet, when she does speak about prayer, often in response to the questions of ordinary people, she does so with an eloquence that speaks directly to her hearers in ways that make practical sense. Now, in her older age, Sister Wendy is willing to set down some of what she has learnt over a lifetime in a series of meditations. The format of the book is deliberately non-linear: where prayer is concerned, Sister Wendy says, it is simply a matter of trying to turn to God as honestly as the person you are in the circumstances you find yourself in. Her co-author, David Willcock, who has worked with Sister Wendy for many years producing her television programmes, adds to her text a biographical sketch about being a nun and at the same time one of the art world's most acute and revered commentators and a TV personality. Illustrating this unique book are a dozen pieces of artwork: no book by Sister Wendy would be complete without this dimension.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beckett, Sr Sister Wendy

Beckett, Sister Wendy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche Orden und Vereinigungen, Ordensgeschichte, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliche Spiritualität, Christliche Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Sister Wendy
Biographical introduction - David Willcock
Section 1 'The Practice of Prayer'
Prayer and humanity
Your unique prayer
Simple prayer
Practical prayer
Prayer in life
Silence
Prayer will never get in the way
Prayer and wholeness
The Our Father
Levels of prayer
Perseverance
Providence
The name of Jesus
Does prayer 'work'?
Suffering
Tiepolo's 'St Agatha'
Prayer requests
Section 2 'Prayer and Belief'
Do you need religion?
The Sacrament
The Scriptures
The Crucifixion - El Greco
Don't talk, do
'God'
Art and Prayer
Icon of Mother and Child Belief and understanding
Why aren't Christians better people?
We know that the world is not right
Admirable atheists
Choice not feelings
Doubts
No reward for prayer
Section 3 'Prayer and Personality'
Confucius and prayer
The fulness of life
Humility
Being human
Prayer and sin
Self-deception
Helplessness
Guilt
Reconciliation
Forgiveness
Deadly sins
Virtue
Passion
Faith
Hope
Peace
Peace II
Penance
Holiness

Über Autor(innen)

Sister Wendy became a nun at the age of 16, went on to live for nearly 20 years as a hermit, and then was exposed to the world in a successful television career as the 'art nun'. She is the author of over 20 books with art as the main theme. She continues to live a largely cloistered life, devoted to prayer.