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Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith

Kathleen Norris

Paperback | Pages: 384 pages

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Title	:	Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith
Author	:	Kathleen Norris
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 384 pages
Published	:	April 1st 1999 by Riverhead Books (first published January 1st 1998)
Categories	:	Religion. Spirituality. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Christianity. Christian. Faith

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Struggling with her return to the Christian church after many years away, Kathleen Norris found it was the language of Christianity that most distanced her from faith. Words like "judgment," "faith," "dogma," "salvation," "sinner"—even "Christ"—formed what she called her "scary vocabulary," words that had become so codified or abstract that their meanings were all but impenetrable. She found she had to wrestle with them and make them her own before they could confer their blessings and their grace. Blending history, theology, storytelling, etymology, and memoir, Norris uses these words as a starting point for reflection, and offers a moving account of her own gradual conversion. She evokes a rich spirituality rooted firmly in the chaos of everyday life—and offers believers and doubters alike an illuminating perspective on how we can embrace ancient traditions and find faith in the contemporary world.

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Original Title:	Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith
ISBN:	1573227218 (ISBN13: 9781573227216)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Society of Midland Authors Award Nominee for Adult Nonfiction (2000)

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I first stumbled across this book in a pew at the Benedictine monastery in Atchison, KS. It was sitting in the rack with the hymnals, and after skimming a handful of pages I put it back, knowing I would find it again later and spend much more time with it. Norris sums up her purpose in the preface: "When I began attending church again after twenty years away, I felt bombarded by the vocabulary of the Christian church. Words such as 'Christ,' 'heresy,' 'repentance,' and 'salvation' seemed

As I grow older, I find myself becoming more religious. My Mom says its part of aging, and she probably has a point. Maybe I am growing wiser and understanding that its not a tale told by an idiot, but something thats part of a larger plan. The author gives numerous examples of how God works in her life. Fortuitous meetings, inspiration when needed, etc. In this day and age, a lot of folks feel like that is how God works in their lives, even a Jesuit priest whose book I read recently. I dont

This was a really interesting book. As a non-Christian who is not interested in becoming a Christian, I felt like I wasn't really the intended audience for it. But I enjoyed getting to know this author and her perspectives on a wide range of relevant terms and concepts in her religious tradition, and having the opportunity to reflect on how some of them might fit with my own faith and practice (as a Pagan Quaker Jew myself).

As I have said earlier, I am on a kind of Kathleen Norris roll here...... Reading her books is kind of like peeling an onion. She is telling much the same story in every book, but from a different perspective. "Dakota" had to do with understanding her geographical roots. "The Cloister Walk" had to do with her discovery of the Liturgy of the Hours as practiced by the Benedictines. This book has to do with the underlying "language" that she had to examine upon her return to the Christian church

I started this last year, got two thirds of the way through, and then put it down for a year. This June, I picked it up again, starting again from the beginning. And got two thirds of the way through, again. Well, I am determined this winter to whittle down my currently reading list, because 14 is ridiculous.I am a diehard Kathleen Norris fan and am always rewarded when reading her work. I think I will want to read this again at least once more. The entries are not in any particular order so you

I first heard of this book over a decade ago when I was in a much different place in my spiritual journey. An acquaintance (who was a member of a church that I judged as too liberal in their interpretation of scripture and therefore, I'm ashamed to say, I believed meant they didn't have true faith) was reading this book and it caught my eye. I dismissed it at the time because if that person was reading it then it probably was not the best choice for me. Sheesh!!! Could I have been more

Read this for a book group, and it was a library copy. I had so many post it notes in the book I decided to buy for myself. This is a book that can be referred to at different times of one's life, depending upon one's mood, current situation, or, just in need of comfort and solace.