Status
Available
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Publication
San Francisco : Ignatius Press, [2017]
Physical description
249 p.; 23 cm
User reviews
LibraryThing member pmackey
The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise is a good book but it's subtitle is misleading. It should read the Carthusian Way. This is a book mostly in praise of the Carthusian monastic rule of silence, which is it's focus. There's nothing wrong with that it just wasn't what I expected.
Another difficulty I had was Cardinal Sarah didn't define "silence" until very late in the book so I had trouble understanding. Early on, I began substituting the word "stillness" for silence and that helped.
I recommend this book to anyone interested understanding monastic spirituality. It was a good book, just not what I hoped for.
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Cardinal Sarah did address society's overexposure to media, electronic noise, and the cacophony of modern life, but mostly in passing. Another difficulty I had was Cardinal Sarah didn't define "silence" until very late in the book so I had trouble understanding. Early on, I began substituting the word "stillness" for silence and that helped.
I recommend this book to anyone interested understanding monastic spirituality. It was a good book, just not what I hoped for.
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LibraryThing member texntim
This book of full of golden nuggets.
Original publication date
2016
Original language
French
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