Bibliograph

Providence, the story of a fifty-year vision quest, Daniel Quinn

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Providence, the story of a fifty-year vision quest, Daniel Quinn

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Providence

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Daniel Quinn

Sub title

the story of a fifty-year vision quest

Summary

Overview: Providence is Quinn's fascinating memoir of his life-long spiritual voyage. His journey takes him from a childhood dream in Omaha setting him on a search for fulfillment, to his time as a postulant in the Trappist order under the guidance of eminent theologian Thomas Merton. Later, his quest took him through the deep self-discovery of psychoanalysis, through a failed marriage during the turbulent and exciting 60s, to finding fulfillment with his wife Rennie and a career as a writer. In Providence Quinn also details his rejection of organized religion and his personal rediscovery of what he says is humankind's first and only universal religion, the theology that forms the basis for Ishmael. Providence is an insightful book that address issues of education, psychology, religion, science, marriage, and self-understanding, and will give insight to anyone who has ever struggled to forge and enact a personal spirituality

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