Henri Nouwen and Spiritual Polarities : A Life of Tension

by Hernandez, Wil; Rohr, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780809147410
• ISBN10: 0809147416
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-01
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

Highlights the tension-filled nature of our journey and shows us, via Nouwen¿s example, how we too can navigate our way through it in a transformative way.

Author Biography

Wil Hernandez, PhD, is a retreat leader, counselor, and spiritual director in private practice. Aside from doing retreats, lectures, seminars, and workshops all over the U.S. and abroad, he also teaches courses on the spirituality of Henri Nouwen at various Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities across the country. His website is www.nouwenlegacy.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxvii
Henri J. M. Nouwen's Cited Works	p. xxxi
Introduction	p. 1
Living with Inward Polarities (Psychological Tensions)	p. 9
True Self and False Self	p. 11
Self-Owning and Self-Giving	p. 23
Woundedness and Healing	p. 32
Living with Outward Polarities (Ministerial Tensions)	p. 45
Solitude and Community	p. 47
Compassion and Confrontation	p. 59
Presence and Absence	p. 70
Living with Upward Polarities (Theological Tensions)	p. 81
Suffering and Glory	p. 83
Present and Future	p. 91
Life and Death	p. 98
Conclusion: Befriending Tension	p. 109
Notes	p. 119
Selected Bibliography	p. 131
Index	p. 133
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