A Tremor of Bliss: Contemporary writers on the saints

By: Elie, Paul

Book Overview

Few stories are as cherished- and as contested-as the lives of the saints: the joyful St. Francis of Assai, the steadfast St. Joseph, the mystical St. Therese of Lisieux. In this book twenty... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573225134
• ISBN13: 9781573225137
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Riverhead Trade
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 1.0" x 5.6"

Customer Reviews

Spotty

Interesting and insightful, though some of the writers told me much more about themselves than the Saint they were supposedly writing about. The writers hail from across the religious spectrum and include Protestants, Atheists and lapsed Catholics. Some may wonder about the wisdom of this, but it does give the reader a unique perspective on the power of these Saints lives in a post-Christian age.