Meditations of an Exile

Meditations of an Exile
Author: Tom Reidy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2013-01-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781481900973

Meditations of an Exile is a collection of essays on a wide variety of unique religious topics, some of which have rarely been covered anywhere else. These include: why the Roman Empire and slavery are not condemned in Scripture; seeming conflict between the two natures of Christ; intriguing parallels between the history of Biblical Israel that reflect in reverse the past, present, and possible future of Christianity; why the modern state of Israel is not the Israel foretold in Biblical prophecy; the Eternal Design; why the Church tolerates and even supports pro-abortion politicians; why evangelization will not work in the West; who were the "giants" so often referred to in the Old Testament; is it evident from Scripture that intelligent life does not exist beyond earth? Meditations concludes with a commentary on the passion and death of Jesus that analyzes why the Jewish authorities arrested Jesus in the way they did and why the Romans never considered Jesus a political threat even after Palm Sunday. (Book size 6x9)

The Exile at Home

The Exile at Home
Author: William Ferraiolo
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2020-10-27
Genre:
ISBN:

160 Meditations about Western Culture, God, Stoicism, Cynicism, the recent lockdowns, riots, etc. Each meditation is approximately 300-370 words. The book is approximately 54,000 words.

Reflections on a Life in Exile

Reflections on a Life in Exile
Author: J.F. Riordan
Publisher: Beaufort Books
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2019-05-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0825308038

Recipient of the 2020 Shelf Unbound Notable Indie Award A collection of essays by novelist J.F. Riordan, Reflections on a Life in Exile is easy to pick up, and hard to put down. By turns deeply spiritual and gently comic, these brief meditations range from the inconveniences of modern life to the shifting nature of grief. Whether it's an unexpected revelation from a trip to the hardware store, a casual encounter with a tow-truck driver, the changing seasons, or a conversation with a store clerk grieving for a dog, J. F. Riordan captures and magnifies the passing beauty of the ordinary and the extraordinary that lingers near the surface of daily life.

Altogether Elsewhere

Altogether Elsewhere
Author: Marc Robinson
Publisher: Harvest Books
Total Pages: 415
Release: 1996-03-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780156003896

Letters of Transit

Letters of Transit
Author: André Aciman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 135
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781565846074

"Moving, deeply introspective and honest" (Publishers Weekly) reflections on exile and memory from five award-winning authors. All of the authors in Letters of Transit have written award-winning works on exile, home, and memory, using the written word as a tool for revisiting their old homes or fashioning new ones. Now in paperback are five newly commissioned essays offering moving distillations of their most important thinking on these themes. Andre Aciman traces his migrations and compares his own transience with the uprootedness of many moderns. Eva Hoffman examines the crucial role of language and what happens when your first one is lost. Edward Said defends his conflicting political and cultural allegiances. Novelist Bharati Mukherjee explores her own struggle with assimilation. Finally, Charles Simic remembers his thwarted attempts at "fitting in" in America.