This powerful exploration of spiritual longing is the story of two parallel journeys. One is the authors account of his fiveday riverboat trip up the Amazon and his discovery of the tiny Church of the Poor Devil, whose members revealed a spiritual wealth in the midst of abject poverty. The other is Dunnes own spiritual quest and his "passing over" from a personal religion concerned with the satisfaction of his individual needs to the religion of the poor. In sharing the life of the churchs people and their transcendence of the misery of their human condition, Dunne experiences a greater awareness of the human essence, which redirects his relation of material needs and brings him to a "oneness" with humanity and himself. The story of this journey becomes a compelling metaphor for Christianity. At a religious festival, Dunne witnesses the peoples rejoicing in a simplicity that encourages them to follow the hearts desire for God. An awareness of Gods presence frees them from the complex, material concerns that so soften beget despair. By acknowledging the truth of human misery and the hearts desire, Dunne believes we too can walk vertically through a horizontal world governed by materialism and misunderstanding, and thus, find our place at the intersection of time and eternity.

Binding: Paperback;194 pages; Publisher: Longleaf - Univ of Notre Dame du Lac; Classification: HRC; Weight: 374.01 g; Dimensions: 216 x 140

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