Life on the Edge: Holy Saturday and the Recovery of the End Time

by John of Taizé

Is the Christian faith something that can peacefully exist alongside all the other aspects of an ordinary human life, or does it by its very nature turn that life into something else? The author of this book, a member of a monastic community for over forty years, obviously has a vested interest in the answer. But even for believers caught up in the day-to-day life of society, work, and family, the question is an important one, at least if they are seeking a measure of consistency in the life they are living. And does not the very fact that the question of the importance and urgency of faith needs to be asked witness to the eclipse of an eschatological outlook among Christians, at any rate in the mainstream Churches? Could this oversight not explain why an eschatological understanding of faith, one which sees it as a radical, world-changing reality, has been forced to take refuge, often deformed to the point of being unrecognizable, in small "fanatical" groups on the margins of the Christian world?

224 pages, Paperback

Published October 26, 2017

Reviews

[Harmen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written book, which gives a beautiful approach to the time we live in and how the gospel provides a perspective to view both the suffering and the hope and confidence in salvation. But prepare for some pure theology, it's not necessarily an easy read.

[Toomas Nigola · Rating 4 out of 5]

Life on the Edge is dense and good – just as one would expect from a book by brother John of Taizé. Not something to casually leaf through, but a lot of food for thought.