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The Imitation of Christ - by Thomas Kempis (Paperback)

The Imitation of Christ - by  Thomas Kempis (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Thought by many to be the most influential of all texts in the Christian tradition, this 15th century meditation on the spiritual life offers a clear and universally accessible expression of Western religious ideals.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than <b>The Imitation of Christ</b>. This meditation on the spiritual life has inspired readers from Thomas More and St. Ignatius Loyola to Thomas Merton and Pope John Paul I. Written by the Augustinian monk Thomas à Kempis between 1420 and 1427, it contains clear instructions for renouncing wordly vanities and locating eternal truths. No book has more explicitly and movingly described the Christian ideal: "My son, to the degree that you can leave yourself behind, to that degree will you be able to enter into Me." With a new Preface by Sally Cunneen, author of <b>In Search of Mary: The Woman and the Symbol</b>. <p/>"God is our home but many of us have strayed from our native land. The venerable authors of these Spiritual Classics are expert guides--may we follow their directions home."<br>--Archbishop Desmond Tutu<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Thomas à Kempis</b> (ca. 1380-1471) was an Augustinian monk in the Netherlands during the pre-Reformation period. <p/><b>Carl Anderson</b> is the Supreme Knight and chief executive officer of the Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization with more than 1.7 million members. He is the author of <i>Called to Love, </i> <i>Our Lady of Guadalupe, </i> and the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller<i> A Civilization of Love: What Every Catholic Can Do to Transform the World</i>.

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