Verdon, Timothy - Art & Prayer: The Beauty of Turning to God

Brewster, MA, Paraclete Press, 2014. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; white dust jacket with color illustration and gold lettering; color illustrated end papers, ix, 308 pp; color illustrations throughout. "Prayer is natural for human beings, a spontaneous impulse common in all people. Yet, beyond instinct, there is a kind of prayer that's conscious and articulate, that we have to be taught. There is an "art of prayer," when faith and prayer become creative responses by which creatures made in the image and likeness of the Creator relate to him with help of the imagination. Timothy Verdon explores these essential interactions in this magnificent book. Richly illustrated, Monsignor Verdon explains that images work in believers as tools that teach them how to turn to God. Art and Prayer explores these interactions in detail, demonstrating that prayer can become a fruit of the sanctified imagination - a way of beauty and turning to God."--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents include: Prayer, Life, Art -- Spaces of Prayer -- Liturgical Prayer -- The Prayer of Pleading -- Lectio Divina -- Contemplative Prayer -- In the Hour of Death. VG/VG .

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