Reading the Gospel

by John S. Dunne

Book Overview

Using the method of spiritual reading, lectio divina or "divine reading" as it is called in monasteries, John S. Dunne sets out his interpretation of the evangelists, especially John in Reading the Gospel. Reading the Gospels, according to Dunne, means passing over into the relation of Jesus with his God, the God he calls Abba in prayer, and then coming back from that with a changed vision of life and death. If I pass over into the relation of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268016682
• ISBN13: 9780268016685
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"