I have a bad habit of trying to read too many books at the same time. My current list includes:
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk
The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality by Kyriacos C. Markides
First Fruits of Prayer: A Forty-Day Journey Through the Canon of St. Andrew by Frederica Mathewes-Green
No Man is an Island by Thomas Merton
The Philokalia (Volume I) compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain
The Assassin's Gate by George Packer
Orthodox Saints (Volume I) by George Poulas
Hello, how do you like the book by Kyriacos C. Markides? I ask because I was thinking of purchasing it but felt reluctant somehow.
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Michaelk
I like it. It is, however, a book to be read and digested slowly; ot grows on you with the reading. Here's a quote I like from the book:
ReplyDelete"We lost the knowledge of God...at the moment when we transformed the Ecclesia from experience into theology, from a living reality into moralistic principles, good values, and high ideals. When that happened...we became like tin cans with nothing inside."
I really enjoyed "Mountain of Silence" as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm a one book at a time person, I just have a stack in the "to read" pile.