Fighting the Noonday Devil - and Other Essays Personal and Theological
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Literature Analysis and Cri Alan Jacobs — author of Wayfaring and The Narnian "Whether defending Jack Kerouac, describing work on a drilling rig, or narrating his reception into the Roman Catholic Church, Rusty Reno brings a writer's eye and a theologian's heart to the essayist's labors.
Many rewards await the reader of this collection. Naugle — author of Reordered Love, Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of Happiness "R.
Reno's essays are intellectually stimulating, and some even possess cinematic possibilities. I find their Augustinian ethos deeply appealing in their consistent combination of wisdom and eloquence. Philip Zaleski — coauthor of Prayer: A History "In this smart and sparkling collection R.
Reno applies his consummate literary skills to subjects as diverse as acedia, mountain climbing, religious conversion, Jack Kerouac, and interfaith marriage, uniting them under a single glorious banner, that of reclaiming the essential function of culture, the cultivation of the soul. Reno reads his life in parables in a way that provokes us to see our own lives anew. In him we find a voice and style in the best tradition of Newman — incisive, affecting, wise, inviting.
I was captivated by this book. Publishers Weekly "Reno writes thoughtfully and well, a true son of Montaigne, the French father of the essay. Reno's best essays plumb the hidden complexity behind the ostensibly simple and concrete: He received his first faculty appointment at Creighton University in , where he taught until when he took an extended academic leave to work full-time at First Things.
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A theological and political conservative, Reno was baptized into the Episcopal Church as an infant and grew up as a member of the Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore, Maryland. As an adult he was an active participant in the Episcopal Church, serving as Senior Warden of the Church of the Resurrection in Omaha, Nebraska, from to , as deputy to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in , , and , and as a member of the Theology Committee of the Episcopal Church's House of Bishops from — On September 18, , he was received into the Roman Catholic Church.
He explained his conversion in this way: The Catholic Church needs no theories.
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Fighting the Noonday Devil - and Other Essays Personal and Theological
Whether defending Jack Kerouac, describing work on a drilling rig, or narrating his reception into the Roman Catholic Church, Rusty Reno brings a writer s eye and a theologian s heart to the essayist s labors. Many rewards await the reader of this book. Reno s essays are intellectually stimulating, and some even possess cinematic possibilities.
I find their Augustinian ethos deeply appealing in their consistent combination of wisdom and eloquence. Naugle author of Reordered Love, Reordered Lives: Reno applies his consummate literary skills to subjects as diverse as acedia, mountain climbing, religious conversion, Jack Kerouac, and interfaith marriage, uniting them under a single glorious banner, that of reclaiming the essential function of culture, the cultivation of the soul. Philip Zaleski coauthor of Prayer:
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