An edition of Sabbath (2000)

Sabbath

finding rest, renewal, and delight in our busy lives

Bantam trade pbk. ed.
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An edition of Sabbath (2000)

Sabbath

finding rest, renewal, and delight in our busy lives

Bantam trade pbk. ed.
  • 7 Want to read

A meditation on the need for a day of rest, against the background of a growing commercialization of Sunday. The author analyzes the rhythm of labor and rest, by which all living beings are governed.

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Bantam Books
Language
English
Pages
241

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Table of Contents

Remember the Sabbath : a note on the exercises
Rest for the weary : lighting Sabbath candles
The joy of rest : creating time and space
Legalism and the dreary Sabbath : a Sabbath meal
A new beginning : begin again
It is good : blessing
Fear of rest : silence
Dormancy : the Sabbath box
The rhythm of creation : the Sabbath walk
Inner music : the cadence of breath
Hurtling toward the eschaton : nature
Let it be : prayer
The book of hours : lectio divina
A life well lived : play
Seize the day : altar
Why time is not money : reciting our precepts
A deeper wealth : the wealth of companionship
The pursuit of happiness : gratefulness
The gospel of consumption : happiness for free
Selling unhappiness : morning rituals
The tyranny of choice : stopping to rest
Sensuality and delight : take off your shoes
Doing good badly : patience
Be still and know : sleeping on it
Nobody special : humility
Being Sabbath : thinning
Beginner's mind : cleansing
Mindfulness and holiness : confession
The way of enough : a place at the table
Ownership : giveaway
Breaking the table
Evening
Morning
Afternoon
Leaving Sabbath time.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-236).

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
291.36
Library of Congress
BV4509.5 .M84 2000, BV4597.55 .M855 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
241 p. ;
Number of pages
241

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24749382M
ISBN 10
0553380117
ISBN 13
9780553380118
OCLC/WorldCat
45070055

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