Entering the Twofold Mystery: On Christian Conversion

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Sexuality and Wholeness indicates that to be 'sexual`is to exist in a state of secession and incompleteness, longing to be restored. Once this door has been opened, we see what a broad field of enquiry and symbolism opens up before us in both scripture and literature. Wholeness points to the healing embrace we desire. In Biblical language, wholeness is a function of simplicity. Varden develops this theme as the simplicity of sight, drawing on scripture, literature, music, painting and sculpture.

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I have little doubt that this will also become a spiritual bestseller following on from his previous much acclaimed book, The Shattering of Loneliness. * Dominic Walker, Church Times *
Varden's work is the fruit from a tree for the healing of the nations, from a monk who has his feet firmly and incarnationally on the ground. * Lutheran Theological Journal *
[Eriks] homilies are accessible written in clear, standard English but rich, sometimes breathtakingly, in their content. * Catholic Herald *
These [homilies] are as bracing and enlivening for the reader as they will have been for the congregations who heard them Vardens combination of extensive learning, passionate engagement with the history and demandingness of Christian life, and the sharp focus of a keen mind, make his preaching something from which many will benefit. * The Tablet *
Vardens erudition in this edifying work of Catholic monasticism should earn him comparisons to Edith Stein. * Publishers Weekly *

Author Bio

Dom Erik Varden is Abbot of Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire. Norwegian by birth, he was, before entering religious life, a Fellow of St Johns College, Cambridge. He has published several translations and scholarly monographs and is much in demand as a preacher, spiritual director and lecturer.