{"product_id":"awakenings-prophetic-reflections-9781626984646","title":"Awakenings: Prophetic Reflections","description":"Joan Chittister is one of the most popular and influential spiritual writers today. Apart from her scores of bestselling books and articles, she has contributed essays to dozens of other books. Collected here are two dozen of her best and most representative pieces, covering three essential themes: Women in the Church, Seeds of a New Spirituality, and the Monastic Vision. Together they provide a guide to her essential, and prophetic wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Chittister, \u003c\/b\u003ea member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, PA, is one of the most influential religious and social leaders of our time. She is the author of over 60 books, including (with Orbis) \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Cross, A Passion for Life, There is a Season, The Way We Were, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIlluminated Life.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Lou Kownacki, \u003c\/b\u003ealso a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, is the former executive director of the Alliance for International Monasticism, USA. In 2006 she was honored by Pax Christi USA as their Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Hembrow Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emerita of Catholic Theology \u0026amp; Religious Studies who taught at Mercyhurst University for over three decades. She edited \u003ci\u003eSpiritual Questions for the Twenty-First Century: Essays in Honor of Joan D. Chittister\u003c\/i\u003e and co-edited \u003ci\u003eJoan Chittister: Essential Writings\u003c\/i\u003e with Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB. Dr. Snyder is also an Erie Benedictine Oblate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50496689832210,"sku":"9781626984646","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c1d7466-10a0-43ec-a600-5abe8bfbb39f.jpg?v=1730699056","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/awakenings-prophetic-reflections-9781626984646","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}