The Presence of Absence: On Prayers and an Epiphany

by Doris Grumbach

Book Overview

Named a "Reader's Choice" for 1998 by The Boston Globe

When she was twenty-seven, Doris Grumbach was visited by what she recognized as the presence of God. For a woman with no religious education or faith, the event was as unexpected as it was joyful. It was also never repeated. In The Presence of Absence, Grumbach recollects her quest to recover the sense of God's presence through formal worship, private devotion, and the study...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807070939
• ISBN13: 9780807070932
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"