Publication
Imprint: New York ; Mahwah, New Jersey : Paulist Press, 2017. Context: Transcripts of interviews (Johannes Kaup, interviewer) with introductory commentaries by Steindl-Rast. Originnally published in German as Ich bin durch Dich so ich. Responsibility: Brother David Steindl-Rast, interview by Johannes Kaup; translated from the German by Peter Dahm Robertson. OCLC Number: 1005261474. Physical: Text : 1 volume : ix, 221 pages : illustrations (portraits) ; 21 cm. Features: Includes notes.
Call number
Biography / Stein
ISBN
9780809153947
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Hermit, Zen Christian, spiritual globetrotter: in time for his 90th birthday in July of 2016, "Brother David" tells his incomparably rich life story. Beginning with his childhood in Vienna, he describes his time in World War II and his years as a student after the war, his family's emigration to the US and his entry into the then newly founded Benedictine monastery in the state of New York. There, he soon began looking for what were then still untrodden spiritual paths with undiscovered entryways to non-Christian religions. He became particularly involved in the dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism, founding the "Center for Spiritual Studies" in 1968, together with Rabbis, Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims. His work encouraging dialogue among religions earned him the 1975 Martin Buber Award.
Contemplation and periods of public life alternate with Brother David: he spends half the year living as a recluse in the hermitage near his Benedictine monastery. Mysticism is his mission-but not a mysticism devoid of connection to the world. His is a mysticism of the everyday, of life immediate in the now, of experiencing fully. He is convinced that God's spirit speaks in and to us all.
Content: Becoming human --
Becoming a Christian --
Decision --
Becoming a Monk --
Interfaith encounters --
Hermit's life --
Encounters in travel --
Contemplation and revolution --
Double realm.
FY2020
Contemplation and periods of public life alternate with Brother David: he spends half the year living as a recluse in the hermitage near his Benedictine monastery. Mysticism is his mission-but not a mysticism devoid of connection to the world. His is a mysticism of the everyday, of life immediate in the now, of experiencing fully. He is convinced that God's spirit speaks in and to us all.
Content: Becoming human --
Becoming a Christian --
Decision --
Becoming a Monk --
Interfaith encounters --
Hermit's life --
Encounters in travel --
Contemplation and revolution --
Double realm.
FY2020
Physical description
ix, 222 p.; 21 cm
Description
"Brother David" tells his incomparably rich life story spanning nine decades. Brother David Steindl-Rast, born 1926 in Vienna, studied psychology, art, and anthropology. In 1952, he emigrated to the US, joined a Benedictine monastery, and practiced Zen. He is co-founder of the Center for Spiritual Studies and a recipient of the Martin Buber Award. When not travelling to lectures or as a spiritual teacher, he lives in the US as a hermit.
Language
Original language
German