Joan Of Arc And Spirituality

Author : Bonnie Wheeler
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137069546
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joan of Arc and Spirituality written by Bonnie Wheeler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joan of Arc is an unusual saint. Canonized in 1920 as a virgin, she died in 1431 as a condemned heretic. Uneducated, militant, and youthful, she obeyed 'Voices' that counselled her to pursue an unprecedented vocation. The various trial records provide a wealth of evidence about how Joan and others understood her spiritual life. This collection explores multiple facets of Joan's prayerful life. Two-thirds of the essays focus on Joan in her own time; the later chapters study Joan's formative influence upon modern women. Taken together, these essays offer new perspectives on the heroism of Joan's original way of sanctity.

Author : Bonnie Wheeler
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781403962225
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joan of Arc and Spirituality written by Bonnie Wheeler and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-01-29 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joan of Arc is an unusual saint. Canonized in 1920 as a virgin, she died in 1431 as a condemned heretic. Uneducated, militant, and youthful, she obeyed 'Voices' that counselled her to pursue an unprecedented vocation. The various trial records provide a wealth of evidence about how Joan and others understood her spiritual life. This collection explores multiple facets of Joan's prayerful life. Two-thirds of the essays focus on Joan in her own time; the later chapters study Joan's formative influence upon modern women. Taken together, these essays offer new perspectives on the heroism of Joan's original way of sanctity.

Author : Danielle Pfeffer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joan of Arc and Spirituality written by Danielle Pfeffer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526112795
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joan of Arc written by and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sourcebook collects together for the first time in English the major documents relating to the life and contemporary reputation of Joan of Arc. Also known as La Pucelle, she led a French Army against the English in 1429, arguably turning the course of the war in favour of the French king Charles VII. The fact that she achieved all of this when just a seventeen-year-old peasant girl highlights the magnitude of her achievements and also opens up other ways of looking at her story. For many, Joan represents the voice of ordinary people in the fifteenth century; the victims of high politics and warfare that devastated France. Her story ended tragically in 1431 when she was put on trial for heresy and sorcery by an ecclesiastical court and was burned at the stake. This book shows how the trial, which was organised by her enemies, provides an important window into late medieval attitudes towards religion and gender, as Joan was effectively persecuted by the established Church for her supposedly non-conformist views on spirituality and the role of women. Presented within a contextual and critical framework, this book encourages scholars and students to rethink this remarkable story. It will be invaluable reading for those working in the fields of medieval society and heresy, as well as the Hundred Years’ War.

Author : George Henry Tavard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780814658819
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spiritual Way of St. Jeanne D'Arc written by George Henry Tavard and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though Jeanne d'Arc could not write, her spirituality comes out clearly in her responses during her trial in Rouen. It is a total trust in God and in providential guidance in her life, and on the "cleansing of conscience" without which God's will cannot be discerned. Jeanne always trusted the Church as being the gate to the Kingdom of Paradise, even when the Church authorities were bent on having her burnt. The author has studied the responses she gave to her judges and the testimonies of those who knew her. He is convinced that she is an implicit message for today's women and men.

Author : Sven Stolpe
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1586171526
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Maid of Orleans written by Sven Stolpe and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed work on the life and mysticism of Joan of Arc is considered by historians as one of the most convincing, well researched and best written accounts of the Maid of Orleans. Stolpe vividly creates the contemporary situation in France during Joan's time, evaluates the latest research on her life, and arrives at an original and authentic portrait - one that is also a work of literature. Stolpe sees Joan of Arc as primarily a mystic, and her supreme achievement and lasting significance not so much in a mission to deliver France - though important - but in her sharing in the Passion of Christ. By shifting the emphasis from the national to the universal, Stolpe brings the saint closer to the modern reader. His scholarship is informed by a profound understanding and sympathy for the Maid, giving his essentially sober work the absorbing interest of a novel. As one critic stated, "Stolpe succeeds in producing a very tense interest, so that it is impossible to lay it aside until the last word is reached." This work should do much to present a new evaluation and appreciation of the life and mysticism of St. Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans.

Author : Joan of Arc
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
ISBN 13 : 1646803612
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Born to Do This written by Joan of Arc and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born to Do This is a personal, thirty-day retreat for those seeking the courage and faith that St. Joan of Arc exemplified throughout her life. Six hundred years after her birth and a century after her canonization, she remains one of the most intriguing and popular saints in history. In this easy-to-use devotional, the life and words of St. Joan of Arc will help you to grow in courageous faith—the kind of faith that empowered St. Joan to answer God’s call, defeat her enemies, endure martyrdom, and ultimately restore her reputation. With diverse patronages ranging from the United States Armed Forces to prisoners, from those ridiculed for their faith to the entire population of France, this icon of courage and women’s empowerment captures the imagination of today’s Catholic like few saints can. This little book is perfect for busy people who admire St. Joan of Arc and desire an inspirational read to help navigate the difficulties and challenges of life. The book contains a timeline of important events in Joan’s life and a map of containing important landmarks associated with Joan’s life, a brief introduction to her life and times, and daily opportunities to read, reflect, and pray over her words and story, contained in short yet substantial morning and evening reflections drawn from court transcripts and other contemporary documents. As the six hundredth anniversary of her martyrdom approaches, the inclusion of the Maid of Orleans in Ave’s Great Spiritual Teachers series brings the inspiration of St. Joan’s own words and life story to those who admire her courage and hope to emulate her in virtue. A special novena is included at the end of the book for those who wish to invoke her intercession. Each book in the Great Spiritual Teachers series provides a month of daily readings from one of Christianity’s most beloved spiritual guides. These easy-to-use books are the perfect prayer companion for busy people who want to root their spiritual practice in the solid ground of these great spiritual teachers.

Author : Kathryn Harrison
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0767932498
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joan of Arc written by Kathryn Harrison and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kathryn Harrison gives us a Joan of Arc for our time—a shining exemplar of unshakable faith, extraordinary courage, and self-confidence on the battlefield, in the royal court, during a brutally rigged inquisition and imprisonment, and in the face of her death. In this new take on Joan’s story, Harrison deftly weaves historical fact, myth, folklore, scripture, artistic representations, and centuries of scholarly and critical interpretation into a fascinating narrative, revitalizing our sense of Joan as one of the greatest heroines in all of human history.

Author : Ann W. Astell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joan of Arc and Sacrificial Authorship written by Ann W. Astell and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A host of modern authors have portrayed Joan of Arc as a heroine. Identifying with the medieval saint and martyr as a figure of the artist, they tell her story as a way of commenting on their own situation in a world where the power of art has decreased. Blending the theoretical insights of Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes and Rene Girard, Ann W. Astell persuasively argues that many modern authors have seen their own artistic vocation in the visions and voices that inspired Joan.

Author : Joan M. Edmunds
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 190263697X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mission of Joan of Arc written by Joan M. Edmunds and published by Temple Lodge Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "People write biographies today without the faintest idea that great spiritual powers are at work in human history." --Rudolf Steiner Almost six centuries have passed since the death of Joan of Arc, but an enduring fascination with her life continues to generate new studies, adding to the huge number of books and articles on her life. Those by reputable historians and biographers have recounted the many known facts, based mostly on the surviving fifteenth-century documents. Whereas historians have firmly established Joan's central role in expelling the English from French soil, the real mystery of her achievements remains unexplained. Moreover, Joan Edmunds contends that this key mystery cannot be resolved by relying solely on orthodox historical methods. Basing her work on Rudolf Steiner's spiritual-scientific findings--which first revealed the true significance of Joan's mission--Edmunds explores the mystery of the Maid of Orleans' unique personality. She shows how, while under the guidance and direction of the Archangel Michael, and through her ultimate martyrdom, Joan of Arc was instrumental in bringing to birth the forces needed for the next vital step in human spiritual development--the emergence of the consciousness soul.