Beauty for Ashes: Spiritual Reflections on the Attack on America

by John Farina

Collects essays, reminiscences, and other writings offering wisdom and guidance in the spiritual search for healing in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824519736
• ISBN13: 9780824519735
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Crossroad Publishing
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A great book!

Beauty For Ashes is an amazing collection. Instead of getting writing that all speaks from the same persective, editor John Farina draws from very different voices. No single person will agree with everything written here, nor should they. The point is to get a glimpse into the suffering and hope caused by the terrible events of Sept. 11th. While pieces by famous people such as Andrew Sullivan and Salman Rushdie are excellent, my favorites were the pieces by non-celebrities. Libba Bray's mini-diary is wonderful - immediate and heartfelt. John Jones's powerful "manifesto" on the need to forgive the terrorists is sure to make you think, whatever your religious beliefs. Forget the pretty picture books and fancy volumes. This simple, modest volume is a treasure.

From Opengroup.com

This wonderful new resource comprised of a broad range of reactions to the attack on America includes the voices of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and others from a variety of religious movements. Provocative and profound.

out of evil, good

Beauty for Ashes is clearly the most thoughtful, finely textured of the Sept. 11 remembrance books. John Farina, who has also edited the award winning Classics of Western Spirituality Series, has skillfully created a meditation on the Lord's Prayer from the 100 contributions of theologians, political leaders and artists. Solidarity in suffering,providence, theodicy, forgiveness and healing are the themes presented, along with the practical questions of how religion influences political reactions and what is the future of Islamic-Christian relations. This collection is not for the simple minded: because its different voices often speak in counterpoint. Hence there is something to both offend and more often enlighten every reader.