Solitaries, Hermits and Prisnr

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An exploration of the value and power, personal and social, residing in spiritual literature written in solitude and prison. The student is called to wrestle with Dietrich Bonhoeffer's questions about the broad failure of modern Christian middle-class culture to sustain Christians who are imprisoned and bereaved of their loved ones as well as of the possibility of fulfilling their vocational hopes and projects. The readings will stimulate teachers, counselors and ministers wrestling with Bonhoeffer's questions to share their pastoral experiences and provide those who find or may in the future find themselves in analogous situations with memories and knowledge that may prove to be a source of spiritual friendship, consolation and strength.