By Sallie McFague
ISBN-10: 0800699602
ISBN-13: 9780800699604
In this well timed booklet, McFague recollects her readers to the practices of restraint. In an international bent on intake it's critical that folks of non secular religion observe the numerous function they play in advocating for the earth, and a extra humane lifestyles for all.
The root of restraint, she argues, rests within the historical Christian idea of Kenosis, or self-emptying.
By introducing Kenosis throughout the existence tales of John Woolman, Simone Weil, and Dorothy Day, McFague brings a robust theological suggestion to endure in a winsome and readable way.
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