Armstrong, Karen
Spiral staircase : my climb out of darkness The spiral staircase Karen Armstrong - 1st ed. - New York Alfred A. Knopf 2005. - xxii, 305, p. 23 cm.
Contents:
Ash Wednesday
Devil of the stairs
I renounce the blessèd face
Consequently I rejoice
Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope
Usual reign
Infirm glory
To turn again
Armstrong begins the story of her spiritual journey with her departure in 1969 from the Roman Catholic convent she had entered seven years before--hoping, but ultimately failing, to find God. She knew almost nothing of the changed world to which she was returning, and she was tormented by panic attacks and inexplicable seizures. Armstrong's struggle against despair was further fueled by a string of discouragements--failed spirituality, doctorate, and jobs; fruitless dealings with psychiatrists. Finally, in 1976, she was diagnosed with epilepsy and given treatment. She then began the writing career that would become her true calling, and as she focused on the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, her own inner story began to emerge. Without realizing it, she was on a spiritual quest, and through it she would eventually experience transcendence--the profound fulfillment that she had not found in long hours of prayer as a young nun.--From publisher description
0375413189 0676974678
2003047550
Armstrong, Karen 1944-
Ex-nuns--Biography
Religious journey
Spiritual biographies
200.92 Arm 8
Spiral staircase : my climb out of darkness The spiral staircase Karen Armstrong - 1st ed. - New York Alfred A. Knopf 2005. - xxii, 305, p. 23 cm.
Contents:
Ash Wednesday
Devil of the stairs
I renounce the blessèd face
Consequently I rejoice
Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope
Usual reign
Infirm glory
To turn again
Armstrong begins the story of her spiritual journey with her departure in 1969 from the Roman Catholic convent she had entered seven years before--hoping, but ultimately failing, to find God. She knew almost nothing of the changed world to which she was returning, and she was tormented by panic attacks and inexplicable seizures. Armstrong's struggle against despair was further fueled by a string of discouragements--failed spirituality, doctorate, and jobs; fruitless dealings with psychiatrists. Finally, in 1976, she was diagnosed with epilepsy and given treatment. She then began the writing career that would become her true calling, and as she focused on the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, her own inner story began to emerge. Without realizing it, she was on a spiritual quest, and through it she would eventually experience transcendence--the profound fulfillment that she had not found in long hours of prayer as a young nun.--From publisher description
0375413189 0676974678
2003047550
Armstrong, Karen 1944-
Ex-nuns--Biography
Religious journey
Spiritual biographies
200.92 Arm 8