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A Way in the Wilderness: A Commentary on the Rule of Benedict For The Physically And Spiritually Imprisoned
Author(s): James Bishop (Author)
- Publisher: Continuum
- Publication Date: 15 Mar. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 248 pages
- ISBN-10: 144115115X
- ISBN-13: 9781441151155
Book Description
James Bishop was convicted and sent to prison for serious offences. With plenty of time on his hands, he rediscovered profound and effective techniques for meditation, through the help of the World Community for Christian Meditation, which does much prison work around the world. He then turned to the Rule of St Benedict and found in it a model and pattern of living which gave him balance and stability and helped to cure his own emotional disorders. This book is aimed at all those who are imprisoned in the modern world – not just prison inmates but all those battling with personal, emotional and psychological difficulties. Because of its provenance, this is a book which will attract huge publicity at a time when Health Services on both sides of the Atlantic are seeing the sense of moving away from medication to meditation.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Featured in the new titles just published section in the Church Times. –Church Times
I would commend James Bishop’s book to every Companion CR and any who seek to deepen their Christian commitment through the discipline of the daily office and to what Benedict refers to as ‘the conversion of life’. –Journal of the Community of the Resurrection, Number 438
About the Author
Laurence Freeman is a Benedictine monk of the Monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore and Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation. His books include Light Within, Web of Silence, Common Ground and Jesus: The Teacher Within. James Bishop was born in a convent near Los Angeles, California. He was raised Catholic, but even in adolescence studied other religious beliefs, concentrating on meditation. He worked for over ten years with artificial intelligence software. While battling alcoholism and obsessive-compulsive disorder in prison, he was reintroduced to meditation through the World Community for Christian Meditation. He enjoys writing about his experiences with meditation, synesthesia and music, and is currently working on a biography. He is now a free man, both physically and spiritually.
