Full name: Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith

Author: Kathleen Norris Year: 1998 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion, Non Fiction, Memoirs, Christianity Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781573227216 1573227218

Struggling with her return to the Christian church after many years away, Kathleen Norris found it was the language of Christianity that most distanced her from faith. Words like "judgment," "faith," "dogma," "salvation," "sinner"--even "Christ"--formed what she called her "scary vocabulary," words that had become so codified or abstract that their meanings were all but impenetrable. She found she had to wrestle with them and make them her own before they could confer their blessings and their grace. Blending history, theology, storytelling, etymology, and memoir, Norris uses these words as a starting point for reflection, and offers a moving account of her own gradual conversion. She evokes a rich spirituality rooted firmly in the chaos of everyday life--and offers believers and doubters alike an illuminating perspective on how we can embrace ancient traditions and find faith in the contemporary world. Similar books: Faith Unraveled by Rachel Held Evans The Future of Faith by Harvey Cox Mudhouse Sabbath by Lauren F. Winner An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor Plan B by Anne Lamott Inspired by Rachel Held Evans Grace by Anne Lamott Accidental Saints by Nadia Bolz-Weber The Alphabet of Grace by Frederick Buechner Wearing God by Lauren F. Winner Holy Envy by Barbara Brown Taylor Messy Spirituality by Mike Yaconelli Christianity After Religion by Diana Butler Bass Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller Acedia & Me by Kathleen Norris The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris Dakota by Kathleen Norris Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper