The Return of the Prodigal Son

出版者:Image Books / Doubleday Publishing Group

作者:Henri J. M. Nouwen

页数:151

出版时间:1994-3-1

价格:USD 16.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780385473071

图书标签:基督教Nouwen宗教卢云Spirituality英文原版文藝評論textbook

A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on a long spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal and resonant meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell.

In seizing the inspiration that came to him through Rembrandt's depiction of the powerful Gospel story, Henri Nouwen probes the several movements of the parable: the younger son's return, the father's restoration of sonship, the elder son's vengefulness, and the father's compassion. In his reflection on Rembrandt in light of his own life journey, the author evokes a powerful drama of the parable in a rich, capativating way that is sure to reverberate in the hearts of readers. The themes of homecoming, affirmation, and reconciliation will be newly discovered by all who have known loneliness, dejection, jealousy, or anger. The challenge to love as the father and be loved as the son will be seen as the ultimate revelation of the parable known to Christians throughout time, and here represented with a vigor and power fresh for our times.

For all who ask, "Where has my struggle led me?" or for those "on the road" who have had the courage to embark on the journey but seek the illumination of a known way and safe passage, this work will inspire and guide each time it is read.

" The Return of the Prodigal Son is a beautiful book, as beautiful in the simple clarity of its wisdom as in the terrible beauty of the transformation to which it calls us." --New Oxford Review

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spiritual homecoming: must read again

浪子回頭，盡在不言中.......看見另一個盧雲

Nouwen moves his reflection from the younger son, to the elder son, then to the father. Each transition marks a different spiritual phase in his life. We are more easily related to the sons. But the center of the parable is the father who welcomes and gives unconditionally and compassionately. Christ is calling us to be the forgiving father.

'the hands of God' (96); 'the ultimate loneliness of compassion' (137)

'the hands of God' (96); 'the ultimate loneliness of compassion' (137)