J. Richard Murray

Seen and Unseen Worlds

Private Memoirs of a Former Jesuit

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This touching memoir is a very human introduction to living faith by a young man who was part of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) for nearly twelve years. The book culminates with J. Richard Murray's decision to leave the Society in 1956.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9780761857914
• ISBN-10: 0761857915
• Artikelnr.: 34566155

Autorenporträt

J. Richard Murray entered religious life in the Society of Jesus at Milford Novitiate, Ohio, on February 10, 1945. He received a bachelor's degree in Latin and Greek and a master's degree in English from Loyola University of Chicago. He earned a Ph.L. degree from West Baden College in West Baden Springs, Indiana. As a Jesuit Scholastic, Murray taught in Jesuit high schools for four years. When he later returned to West Baden College to study sacred theology, he requested and received a release from his vows. Murray voluntarily left the Society on December 1, 1956.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter I: Meanderings of a Muddled Heart Chapter
II: A Boy's Thoughts Chapter III: Systematic Contradictions Chapter IV:
Ignatius of Loyola Chapter V: The "Long Retreat" Chapter VI: The Pierian
Spring Chapter VII: The Art of Wonder Chapter VIII: Schoolmasters Chapter
IX: Yearnings of the Heart Chapter X: Directives and Secrets In Conclusion
Epilogue Appendix A: Jesuit Mission and Culture Today Appendix B: Jesuit
Colleges, Universities, and Secondary Schools in the U.S.