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Questing for Understanding - Persons, Places, Passions (Paperback)
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Questing for Understanding - Persons, Places, Passions (Paperback)
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Synopsis: Trying to articulate the ways in which one's life meshes
with one's own time can be perilous, yet friends have encouraged me
to do just that. Nevertheless, for one oriented to serving others
as teacher and mentor in a context of faith, writing about oneself
seems unnatural. Yet the "self" we have been given to share
embodies many others as well. So many of the encounters narrated
here will open into friendships. Moreover, what spices those
encounters are the places and passions they embody, so the story
that emerges is hardly my own. Different places often unveiled
different faith communities, each of which has altered, if not
transformed, the "self" narrated here. In that respect, and in many
others, my story is not mine but that of the times our generation
has inhabited. Finally, it has been my religious community of Holy
Cross that made these multiple transformations possible, so it is
only fitting to dedicate the work to that community and the rich
exchanges it continues to effect among women and men. Endorsements:
"When the complex story called Roman Catholicism of our day is
told, David Burrell's memoir will be crucial for that telling. But
even now the gift of this memoir is that it helps us see and
understand what a life looks like when dedicated to discovering God
in the stranger. To have been claimed as friend by David Burrell is
one of the most cherished parts of my life. Which makes it all the
more significant for me--and for others--to have him tell us his
story." --Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University "In this engaging
autobiography, David Burrell serves as a modern-day troubadour,
leading the reader nimbly from the Rockies to Rome, Notre Dame to
Bangladesh, Cairo (and Athens) to Jerusalem, singing all the while
of love." --Janet Soskice, University of Cambridge Author
Biography: David B. Burrell, CSC, Hesburgh Professor Emeritus of
Philosophy and Theology at the University of Notre Dame, has served
as Professor of Comparative Theology at Tangaza College, Nairobi.
His most recent work is Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology
(2011).
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