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Author Weil, Simone, 1909-1943, author.

Title Waiting for God / Simone Weil ; with a new introduction by Janet Soskice and the foreword to the 1979 edition by Malcolm Muggeridge
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 187 pages)
Series Routledge classics
Routledge classics.
Summary "You cannot get far in these essays without sensing yourself in the presence of a writer of immense intellectual power and fierce independence of mind."--Janet Soskice, from the Introduction to the Routledge Classics edition Simone Weil (1909-1943) is one of the most brilliant and unorthodox religious and philosophical thinkers of the twentieth century. She was also a political activist who worked in the Renault car factory in Francein the 1930s and fought briefly as an anarchist in the Spanish Civil War. Hailed by Albert Camus as 'the only great spirit of our times, ' her work spans an astonishing variety of subjects, from ancient Greek philosophy and Christianity to oppression, political freedom and French national identity. Waiting for God is one of her most remarkable books, full of piercing spiritual and moral insight. The first part comprises letters she wrote in 1942 to Jean-Marie Perrin, a Dominican priest, and demonstrate the intense inner conflict Weil experienced as she wrestled with the demands of Christian belief and commitment. She then explores the 'just balance' of the world, arguing that we should regard God as providing two forms of guidance: our ability as human beings to think for ourselves; and our need for both physical and emotional 'matter.' She also argues for the concept of a 'sacred longing'; that humanity's search for beauty, both in the world and within each other, is driven by our underlying desire for a tangible god. Eloquent and inspiring, Waiting for God asks profound questions about the nature of faith, doubt and morality that continue to resonate today. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Introduction by Janet Soskice and retains the Foreword to the 1979 edition by Malcolm Muggeridge
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes <P></P><P>Introduction to the <I>Routledge Classics</I> Edition <EM>Janet Soskice</EM> </P><P>Foreword to the 1979 Edition <EM>Malcolm Muggeridge</EM> </P><B><P>Part 1: Letters</P></B><P>1. Hesitations Concerning Baptism </P><P>2. Same Subject </P><P>3. About Her Departure</P><P></P><B><P>Part 2: Letters of Farewell</P></B><P>4. Her Spiritual Autobiography </P><P>5. Her Intellectual Vocation </P><P>6. Last Thoughts </P><P></P><B><P>Part 2: Essays</P></B><P>7. Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God </P><P>8. The Love of God and Affliction </P><P>9. Forms of the Implicit Love of God</P><P>10. Concerning the 'Our Father'</P><P>11. The Three Sons of Noah and the History of Mediterranean Civilization.</P><P><EM>Index</EM></P>
Simone Weil (1909-1943) was one of the great theologians, philosophers and activists of the twentieth century. Her writings on the nature of religious faith, spirituality and philosophy have inspired many subsequent thinkers. Several of her other books, including The Need for Roots and Oppression and Liberty, are also available in Routledge Classics
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 09, 2021)
Subject God (Christianity) -- Worship and love.
RELIGION -- General.
God (Christianity) -- Worship and love
Form Electronic book
Author Soskic, Janet, writer of introduction
Muggeridge, Malcom, writer of foreword
ISBN 1000385922
9781003146773
1003146775
9781000385915
1000385914
9781000385922
Other Titles Attente de Dieu. English