Remembering 1969 Searching for the Eternal in Changing Times

by Atkinson, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781931847544
• ISBN10: 1931847541
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Baha'i Publishing
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Summary

Remembering 1969 is the story of one man's search for personal spiritual growth during the transitional times of the 1960s. Robert Atkinson offers a beautifully written portrait of a defining, transformative year in his young adult life and, in the process, tells the story of a generation in transition.

Author Biography

Robert Atkinson, with a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, is a professor of human development, director of the Life Story Center, and senior research fellow in the National Resource Center of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes at the University of Southern Maine, where he has taught for over twenty years. Among his books are The Gift of Stories and The Life Story Interview.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Prologue	p. 3
Summer	p. 9
Call	p. 11
Assistance	p. 35
Threshold	p. 43
Fall	p. 49
Retreat	p. 51
Perseverance	p. 61
Grace	p. 65
Winter	p. 77
Purification	p. 79
Continuity	p. 93
Renewal	p. 101
Spring	p. 109
Return	p. 111
Gratitude	p. 119
Vision	p. 135
Notes & Afterthoughts	p. 143
A Basic Baha'i Reading List	p. 159
Index	p. 161
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