Lent With Evelyn Underhill

by Evelyn Underhill

Over sixty years has passed since Evelyn Underhill's death, yet her devotional writings have endured as a beacon to those who seek a deeper understanding of the interior life in the mystical Christian tradition. The editor's personal discovery of Underhill's works when he was a young student at General Theological Seminary moved him to pursue an extensive knowledge of her writings. From these he has skillfully culled readings appropriate for every day of Lent, from Ash Wednesday to Easter Eve and broadly following liturgical themes. Now back in print, these selections were chosen with the purpose of deepening Lenten observance by allowing the reader to follow the thought of Underhill, from the spiritual stocktaking theme for Ash Wednesday to Easter Saturday's joyous anticipation of God's ultimate Gift.

Genres: Spirituality, Religion, Catholic, Devotional

110 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Evelyn Underhill was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism.

In the English-speaking world, she was one of the most widely read writers on such matters in the first half of the twentieth century. No other book of its type—until the appearance in 1946 of Aldous Huxley's The Perennial Philosophy—met with success to match that of her best-known work, Mysticism, published in 1911.

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Reviews

[Jeremy Rios · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice collection of Underhill's writings for Lenten reading. I enjoyed going through them, and will likely read this again another year.

[Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book for a few reasons: 1. Evelyn Underhill has great insights and is very thought provoking. 2. The selections for each day were short, 1-2 pages and easy for me to incorporate into my daily routine. 3. The selections were from a variety of Underhill's writings, so they give a nice intro to her various works. 4. The passages chosen were pertinent to the day, when the day was special like Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, the Triduum, etc. Of the three Lenten devotionals I undertook to read this Lent this is the only one I read the entirety of.