Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
In Search of Friendship : Lessons From a Monastic Tradition, Paperback / softback Book

In Search of Friendship : Lessons From a Monastic Tradition Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours

Description

This book introduces us to St Bernard of Clairvaux through the lens of friendship.

Close reading of Bernard's writings, not least of his letters, brings out the humanity of the saint and reveals the role of human friendship in his life.

The author shows how similar are the experiences of this twelfth-century monk, with his needs and joys, hopes and feelings of inadequacy, to our own experiences of relationship in our present world with its pressures and social media. Liz Carmichael, Emeritus Research Fellow, St John's College, OxfordThis fascinating and intimate portrayal of Bernard will inspire anyone wishing to explore the essential place of spiritual friendships in forming true disciples of Christ. Nick Swanson, Baptist Union Church Minister; Spiritual Direction trainer, Launde Abbey Team; IPCS Pastoral Supervision tutorJennifer Campbell's brilliance in the book is how she has curated original material from the letters and reflections of the monks that by and large speak for themselves-and yet speak directly into our own age.

One cannot read the book and not have one's own experience touched and illumined by the deeply authentic wisdom it contains. Chris Blakeley, Director of the St George's House Leadership Fellows Programme at Windsor Castle, Spiritual Direction Tutor

Information

Save 21%

£24.99

£19.59

Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information