James J. Kavanaugh (1928–2009)
Autore di There Are Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves
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James Kavanaugh was born on September 17, 1928 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He entered St. Joseph's Seminary in Grand Rapids at the age of 15. He was ordained in 1954 and served as a parish priest in Lansing and Flint, Michigan. He received a doctorate at the Catholic University of America in mostra altro Washington, D.C. He was a priest teaching at Notre Dame University when he wrote his controversial book, A Modern Priest Looks at His Outdated Church, in 1967. In the book, he called for church reforms on issues such as birth control, divorce, premarital sex and celibacy for priests. The book eventually led him to leave the priesthood. His wrote more than two dozen books during his lifetime, including works of poetry, nonfiction, and allegories. His works included The Birth of God, There Are Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves, Celebrate the Sun: A Love Story, A Village Called Harmony: A Fable, A Coward for Them All, The Celibates, and Search: A Guide for Those Who Dare to Ask of Life Everything Good and Beautiful. He died after undergoing surgery for an aortic aneurysm in July on December 29, 2009 at the age of 81. (Publisher Provided) mostra meno
Opere di James J. Kavanaugh
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Kavanaugh, James Joseph
- Data di nascita
- 1928-09-17
- Data di morte
- 2009-12-29
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
- Istruzione
- Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, BA, 1954
Catholic University of America, MA, 1963, PhD, 1966
U.S. International University, PhD, 1973 - Attività lavorative
- priest, poet, private practice clinical psychology, marriage counselor
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From Loneliness to Love di James Kavanaugh
Beautiful poems full of love and longing. Melancholic yet full of hope--only poetry let's you do that!
5. Celebrate the Sun by James J. Kavanaugh (1973, 88 pages, read Jan 28-29)
Apparently written somehow in response to Jonathan Livingston Seagull, which I recently read but have already forgotten the significance of, here Harry Langendorf Pelican drives himself onwards and upwards becoming an inspiration for his flock of pelicans, until he has a change of heart. Oversimplified and heavily moralistic in all the worst ways, I should have hated this…only sometimes I find myself thinking about its ideas of just enjoying life and actually feel some fondness for it. So, instead of bashing it, I’ll call it curious, short and not a complete waste of time.
Read this for the Club Read challenge to read “a book either written or published or involving the year when you are born”.
2012
http://www.librarything.com/topic/128182#3261485… (altro)
Apparently written somehow in response to Jonathan Livingston Seagull, which I recently read but have already forgotten the significance of, here Harry Langendorf Pelican drives himself onwards and upwards becoming an inspiration for his flock of pelicans, until he has a change of heart. Oversimplified and heavily moralistic in all the worst ways, I should have hated this…only sometimes I find myself thinking about its ideas of just enjoying life and actually feel some fondness for it. So, instead of bashing it, I’ll call it curious, short and not a complete waste of time.
Read this for the Club Read challenge to read “a book either written or published or involving the year when you are born”.
2012
http://www.librarything.com/topic/128182#3261485… (altro)
A poetic take on the masculine side & furthermore an interesting slice of cultural history.
"So much of life is spent trying to prove something." This IS a haunting, a hungry, mouth-breathing statement, and it introduces Kavanaugh's poems. With his Institute, Kavanaugh has been trying to challenge the numbing-down, the forces which herd us toward the NOT conscious.
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- Opere
- 34
- Utenti
- 701
- Popolarità
- #36,120
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 56