Patience: How We Wait Upon the World

by David Baily Harned, David Hein (Afterword)

In this book, David Baily Harned makes a persuasive case for the significance of patience as an essential ingredient of the moral life. In a bold and invigorating manner, the author addresses contemporary existence-the lives of individuals, families, communities, and nations-and demonstrates how the Christian vision informs our efforts to live in a chaotic and violent world as faithful, hopeful, loving children of God. This essay in theological ethics is rooted in classic the Old and New Testaments, as well as the writings of Augustine, Gregory I, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas à Kempis, John Calvin, Søren Kierkegaard, and W. H. Vanstone. In graceful prose and careful analysis, David Harned both inspires and instructs. This new edition also includes an afterword by one of his former students who explores the value of this study by applying its insights to the life and leadership of George Washington.

234 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1997

Reviews

[Fisk Candau]

Really boring… Had to have patience with this book
mostly just reiterating stuff we had already learned with maybe one new or interesting thing per chapter
Literally fell asleep reading it several times so that shows how invested I was reading it… Skimmed most of it sorry Dr. Sutherland