Circuitous Journeys

by David Leigh

Book Overview

Circuitous Journeys: Modern Spiritual Autobiography provides a close reading and analysis of ten major life stories by twentieth-century leaders and thinkers from a variety of religious and cultural traditions: Mohandas Gandhi, Black Elk, Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, C. S. Lewis, Malcolm X, Paul Cowan, Rigoberta Menchu, Dan Wakefield, and Nelson Mandela. The book uses approaches from literary criticism, developmental psychology (influenced by Erik...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823219941
• ISBN13: 9780823219940
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

An important survey blending autobiography & religion.

These readings of ten major life stories of spiritual thinkers and leaders from different religious and cultural roots makes for an important survey which blends autobiography with references to religious experiences. From identity crises and politics to the search for religious freedoms and social justice, this packs in many topics and issues.