Michael Plekon: 4 books
Saints As They Really Are
Voices of Holiness in Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
In his new book, Saints As They Really Are, priest and scholar Michael Plekon traces the spiritual journeys of several American Christians, using their memoirs and other writings. These “saints-in-the-making” show all their doubts and imperfections as they reflect on their search for God and their...
Uncommon Prayer
Prayer in Everyday Experience
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
In Uncommon Prayer: Prayer in Everyday Experience, Michael Plekon wants to change our minds on what constitutes prayer. In doing so, he makes a theological claim that commonplace aspects of the Christian life are best understood as prayer, whereby encouraging us to see that everyday life carries religious...
Tradition Alive
On the Church and the Christian Life in Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Michael Plekon's Tradition Alive presents a collection of essays highlighting not only the vibrant tradition of 20th century Eastern Orthodox thought, but also the necessity of its inclusion in the theological canon constructed mainly by Western Christian thinkers. Ranging from the thought of the...
The World as Sacrament
An Ecumenical Path toward a Worldly Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
Not a few figures—writers, poets, activists, teachers—have focused on the presence of the Holy One in the ordinary, on the many possibilities of worldly spirituality. In this book, pastor, teacher, and theologian Michael Plekon introduces us to several persons of faith from both the Western and...