Book description
Henri Nouwen invites us to reflect on the tension between our desire
for solitude and the demands of contemporary life. He reminds us that it
was in solitude that Jesus found the courage to follow God's will. And
he shows us that fruitful love and service must spring from a living
relationship with God. Beautifully written, elegantly simple, Out of
Solitude is as fresh today as it was thirty years ago. "We want to
overcome problems and adversities and want to change at all costs. An
alternative is to care for ourselves, each other, and our
world."-Thomas Moore, from the Foreword Henri Nouwen was born in
Holland in 1932 and ordained a Catholic priest in 1957. He obtained his
doctorandus in psychology from Nijmegen University in the Netherlands
and taught at Notre Dame, Yale, and Harvard. He experienced the monastic
life with Trappist monks at the Abbey of the Genesee, lived among the
poor in Latin America with the Maryknoll missioners, and was interested
and active in numerous causes related to social justice. After a
lifetime of seeking, Henri Nouwen finally found his home in Canada, as
pastor of L'Arche Daybreak - where people with intellectual disabilities
and their caregivers live together in community. Henri Nouwen wrote over
40 books on spirituality and the spiritual life that have sold millions
of copies and been translated into dozens of languages. His vision of
spirituality was broad and inclusive, and his compassion embraced all of
humankind. He died in 1996. His work and his spirit live on. Henri
Nouwen pronounced his name "Henry Now-en." For more
information on his life and work, please visit www. henrinouwen. org .
Thomas Moore is the author of the bestselling book Care of the Soul and
fifteen other books on deepening spirituality and cultivating soul in
every aspect of life. He has been a monk, a musician, a university
professor, and a psychotherapist, and today he lectures widely on
holistic medicine, spirituality, psychotherapy, and ecology. He lectures
frequently in Ireland and has a special love of Irish culture. He has
Ph. D. in religion from Syracuse University and has won several awards
for his work, including an honorary doctorate from Lesley University and
the Humanitarian Award from Einstein Medical School of Yeshiva
University. He also writes fiction and music and often works with his
wife, artist and yoga instructor, Hari Kirin. He writes regular columns
for Resurgence and Spirituality & Health and has recently published
A Life at Work and Writing in the Sand. He is a patron of Re-Vision, a
London center of spirituality and counseling, and on the board of
Turning Point, a bereavement counselors training program in Dublin,
Ireland.
