Soul Making Book Review
We were assigned to read the introduction and chapters one, two, five, six, eight, and nine of Soul Making: The Desert Way of Knowing. Throughout the book you see Alan Jones personality, knowledge, and passion for his beliefs. He speaks about finding one’s soul through psychoanalysis and the way of the Desert. He has a fascinating style of writing and every sentence holds truth for the reader. He covers a great amount of information in a short 209 pages.
Alan Jones, author of Soul Making: The Desert Way Of Spirituality, is well known for his writings and faith. Alan Jones was born and raised in England, but is now a citizen of the United States. According to his biography, he received a Ph.D. from the University of …show more content…
There was a lot of information in this book and this made it hard for me to track with what the purpose of the book. I found that I had to take each chapter and treat it as its own book in order for me to understand the chapter. Once I understood the chapter I could then begin to understand the book as a whole. One aspect of this book that I struggled with was approaching the Christian faith from the side of the desert way. I struggled with this because when I hear it I think that it is a very hippie and mystical way of viewing the Christian faith. I do not understand why Jones must call it the desert way because most of the time this “way” is the way of the Lord. So what exactly makes it the desert way? I feel like by stating this it takes away the legitimacy and validation that the morals and values of the Christian faith have. Another part I struggled with was “the openness of the life of the Trinity both commands and enables me to open myself up to others”(pg.190). I struggle with this because I struggle with being vulnerable with others. I constantly strive to be like Christ every day, but according to this text if I am not vulnerable I am not like Christ. This is a difficult thing for me to swallow because I am guarded because I have been hurt. There was not much about this book that I struggled with because I think Jones speaks a lot of truth and I enjoyed learning from
We were assigned to read the introduction and chapters one, two, five, six, eight, and nine of Soul Making: The Desert Way of Knowing. Throughout the book you see Alan Jones personality, knowledge, and passion for his beliefs. He speaks about finding one’s soul through psychoanalysis and the way of the Desert. He has a fascinating style of writing and every sentence holds truth for the reader. He covers a great amount of information in a short 209 pages.
Alan Jones, author of Soul Making: The Desert Way Of Spirituality, is well known for his writings and faith. Alan Jones was born and raised in England, but is now a citizen of the United States. According to his biography, he received a Ph.D. from the University of …show more content…
There was a lot of information in this book and this made it hard for me to track with what the purpose of the book. I found that I had to take each chapter and treat it as its own book in order for me to understand the chapter. Once I understood the chapter I could then begin to understand the book as a whole. One aspect of this book that I struggled with was approaching the Christian faith from the side of the desert way. I struggled with this because when I hear it I think that it is a very hippie and mystical way of viewing the Christian faith. I do not understand why Jones must call it the desert way because most of the time this “way” is the way of the Lord. So what exactly makes it the desert way? I feel like by stating this it takes away the legitimacy and validation that the morals and values of the Christian faith have. Another part I struggled with was “the openness of the life of the Trinity both commands and enables me to open myself up to others”(pg.190). I struggle with this because I struggle with being vulnerable with others. I constantly strive to be like Christ every day, but according to this text if I am not vulnerable I am not like Christ. This is a difficult thing for me to swallow because I am guarded because I have been hurt. There was not much about this book that I struggled with because I think Jones speaks a lot of truth and I enjoyed learning from