{"product_id":"the-solace-of-fierce-landscapes-exploring-desert-and-mountain-spirituality-paperback","title":"The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBelden C. Lane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Kathleen Norris, Terry Tempest Williams, and Thomas Merton, \u003cem\u003eThe Solace of Fierce Landscapes\u003c\/em\u003e explores the impulse that has drawn seekers into the wilderness for centuries and offers eloquent testimony to the healing power of mountain silence and desert indifference.\u003cbr\u003e Interweaving a memoir of his mother's long struggle with Alzheimer's and cancer, meditations on his own wilderness experience, and illuminating commentary on the Christian via negativa--a mystical tradition that seeks God in the silence beyond language--Lane rejects the easy affirmations of\u003cbr\u003epop spirituality for the harsher but more profound truths that wilderness can teach us. \"There is an unaccountable solace that fierce landscapes offer to the soul. They heal, as well as mirror, the brokeness we find within.\" It is this apparent paradox that lies at the heart of this remarkable\u003cbr\u003ebook: that inhuman landscapes should be the source of spiritual comfort. Lane shows that the very indifference of the wilderness can release us from the demands of the endlessly anxious ego, teach us to ignore the inessential in our own lives, and enable us to transcend the \"false self\" that is\u003cbr\u003eever-obsessed with managing impressions. Drawing upon the wisdom of St. John of the Cross, Meister Eckhardt, Simone Weil, Edward Abbey, and many other Christian and non-Christian writers, Lane also demonstrates how those of us cut off from the wilderness might \"make some desert\" in our lives.\u003cbr\u003e Written with vivid intelligence, narrative ease, and a gracefulness that is itself a comfort, \u003cem\u003eThe Solace of Fierce Landscapes\u003c\/em\u003e gives us not only a description but a \"performance\" of an ancient and increasingly relevant spiritual tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBelden C. Lane\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Theological Studies and American Studies, St. Louis University and the author of \u003cem\u003eLandscapes of the Sacred: Geography and Narrative in American Spirituality\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in St. Louis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42562278850656,"sku":"9780195315851","price":33.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/a3E4ZlQ3OXBSU2VhRmVmbmtYMWhlZz09.webp?v=1770353732","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-solace-of-fierce-landscapes-exploring-desert-and-mountain-spirituality-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}