Etty Hillesum: Essential Writings

by Annemarie S. Kidder (Editor)

Overview

Etty Hillesum (1914-1943), a young Dutch Jewish woman, died in Auschwitz at the age of 29. Through the publication forty years later of her diaries (An Interrupted Life), the world discovered a remarkable voice. In the last two years of her life, Etty expressed a deeply ecumenical mysticism, drawing on scripture, literature, and Christian sources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570758386
Publisher:	Orbis Books
Publication date:	11/01/2009
Series:	Modern Spiritual Masters
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	665,431
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 The Self 25

Knowledge of the Soul 25

Experiencing It All 37

Prayer as Pathway to the Soul 47

Solitude, Silence, and Detachment 61

2 The World 70

The Single Life 70

The Discipline of Work 80

Simplicity of Speech and Lifestyle 89

Humility in Confessing One's Faults 95

3 Self And World as One 105

Sadness, Suffering, and Patience 105

Ethics of Love 115

Surrender and Accepting Death 127

Finding God in All Things 139