Circuitous Journeys

Circuitous Journeys - Paperback

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Circuitous Journeys - Paperback

Circuitous Journeys - Paperback

by David J. Leigh
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by David J. Leigh (Author)

Circuitous Journeys: Modern Spiritual Autobiography provides a close reading and analysis of ten major life stories by twentieth-century leaders and thinkers from a variety of religious and cultural traditions: Mohandas Gandhi, Black Elk, Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, C. S. Lewis, Malcolm X, Paul Cowan, Rigoberta Menchu, Dan Wakefield, and Nelson Mandela.

The book uses approaches from literary criticism, developmental psychology (influenced by Erik Erikson, James Fowler, and Carol Gilligan), and spirituality (influenced by John S. Donne, Emile Griffin, Walter Conn, and Bernard Lonergan).

Each text is read in the light of the autobiographical tradition begun by St. Augustine's Confessions, but with a focus on distinctively modern and post-modern transformations of the self-writing genre. The twentieth-century context of religious alienation, social autonomy, identity crises and politics, and the search for social justice is examined in each text.

Author Biography


David J. Leigh, S.J. is Professor of English at Seattle University.

Number of Pages: 259
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN
Publication Date: January 01, 1999
ISBN9780823219940
Author David J. Leigh
PublisherFordham University Press
GenreBiography
FormatPaperback
PublishedJanuary 1999
LanguageENG- English
Pages259
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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