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The Station Churches
Basic Books
November 2013
On Sale: October 29, 2013
363 pages
ISBN: 0465027695
EAN: 9780465027699
Kindle: B00BVTSD0S
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Non-Fiction Religion
The annual Lenten pilgrimage to dozens of Rome’s most
striking churches is a sacred tradition dating back almost
two millennia, to the earliest days of Christianity. Along
this historic spiritual pathway, today’s pilgrims confront
the mysteries of the Christian faith through a program of
biblical and early Christian readings amplified by some of
the greatest art and architecture of western
civilization.
In Roman Pilgrimage, bestselling
theologian and papal biographer George Weigel, art historian
Elizabeth Lev, and photographer Stephen Weigel lead readers
through this unique religious and aesthetic journey with
magnificent photographs and revealing commentaries on the
pilgrimage’s liturgies, art, and architecture. Through
reflections on each day’s readings about faith and doubt,
heroism and weakness, self-examination and conversion, sin
and grace, Rome’s familiar sites take on a new resonance.
And along that same historical path, typically unexplored
treasures—artifacts of ancient history and hidden artistic
wonders—appear in their original luster, revealing new
dimensions of one of the world’s most intriguing and
multi-layered cities.
A compelling guide to the
Eternal City, the Lenten Season, and the itinerary of
conversion that is Christian life throughout the year,
Roman Pilgrimage reminds readers that the imitation
of Christ through faith, hope, and love is the template of
all true discipleship, as the exquisite beauty of the Roman
station churches invites reflection on the deepest truths of
Christianity.
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