Description: In this follow-up to his critically acclaimed book The Shattering of Loneliness, Erik Varden provides a glimpse of the value of a monastic life and a Christian calling in our troubled modern age.
Brief description: Erik Varden is a monk and bishop. Norwegian by birth, he studied at Cambridge and in Rome. Having served as abbot of Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, he was appointed to the ancient see of Trondheim in 2019. His books are read throughout the world. With Bloomsbury Continuum he has previously published The Shattering of Loneliness, Entering the Twofold Mystery, Chastity, and Healing Wounds.
Review Quotes:
"I have little doubt that this will also become a spiritual bestseller following on from his previous much acclaimed book, The Shattering of Loneliness." --Dominic Walker, Church Times
"Varden's work is the fruit from a tree for the healing of the nations, from a monk who has his feet firmly and incarnationally on the ground." --Lutheran Theological Journal "[Erik's] homilies are accessible - written in clear, standard English - but rich, sometimes breathtakingly, in their content." --Catholic Herald "These [homilies] are as bracing and enlivening for the reader as they will have been for the congregations who heard them ... Varden's combination of extensive learning, passionate engagement with the history and demandingness of Christian life, and the sharp focus of a keen mind, make his preaching something from which many will benefit." --The Tablet "Varden's erudition in this edifying work of Catholic monasticism should earn him comparisons to Edith Stein. " --Publishers Weekly