In the Fire of the Burning Bush: An Initiation to the Spiritual Life

by Marko Ivan Rupnik

By Marko Ivan Rupnik, Translated by Susan Dawson Vásquez Foreword by Cardinal Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. The term "spiritual" today means many things to many people. This inspiring book gives Christians a surer footing, showing what church tradition teaches regarding true spirituality and how it can best be lived out amid the hectic pace of modern life. Composed of two insightful essays titled "The Spiritual Life" and "Spiritual A Majestic Path for Personal Wholeness," In the Fire of the Burning Bush offers an appraisal of Christian faith that will be new to many readers. Marko Rupnik casts his net widely, drawing in helpful reflections on spirituality by ancient and patristic authors from both East and West. While accessible to all readers, Rupnik's rich discussion tackles some profound subjects, including how a correct understanding of spirituality moves beyond common but false oppositions to a perspective that integrates all dimensions of life. Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik is a Jesuit priest who works as director of the Centro Aletti in Rome and teaches at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, the Pontifical Gregorian University, and Saint Anselm Pontifical Liturgical Institute. Both a visual artist and a theologian, he is also a consultant for the Pontifical Council for Culture. R. A. Herrera says - In the Fire of the Burning Bush is a work of considerable insight and profundity. When Marko Ivan Rupnik follows his inspiration in the Greek and Eastern fathers and later Orthodox writers such as Berdiaev, Lossky, Bulgakov, and (most important) Soloviev, he nicely discerns the nature of the spiritual, freeing it from the misinterpretations that plague it today. The spiritual life is seen to be both centripetal (unifying) and centrifugal (expansive), issuing from that all-embracive love that is Christ. Of great beauty is the section dedicated to the Face of Christ (the Acheirop

123 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Michael Choi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A timely book echoing themes similar to Patris Corde by Pope Francis; that divine filiation or spiritual fatherhood/motherhood is the key to reconnecting the contemporary soul with God in the postmodern era. Deserves a re-read

[Camila Pinheiro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Explica muy bien, lo que es lo espiritual y lo que no es. Y en que consiste la vida espiritual y la necesidad de tener alguien que acompañe este camino.

[Jack · Rating 5 out of 5]

Few writers in spiritual theology today possess the gravitas that Marko Rupnik has in his thought. No aspect of daily life, history, theology, philosophy, or psychology is excluded from Rupnik's vision of the spiritual life. Though he doesn't write in response to the emerging popularity of spiritual theology among evangelicals, his voice is exceedingly more comprehensive than most evangelical theologians who write on the spiritual life. Rupnik examines the philosophical underpinnings for the spiritual life, exploring the challenges to the spiritual life that are presented by the postmodern consciousness. Reading Rupnik one must stop at various intervals simply to pray--to worship the Beautiful One this teacher describes; to listen to the Holy One for understanding. I cannot recommend Rupnik enough!

[Beatriz Palacio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reflexión sobre la vida espiritual en la actualidad.
Español: En el fuego de la zarza ardiente.

[Conor · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd really give this a 3.5. Good but not great. Overly dense at times.