Revolutionary Patience
“Revolutionary Patience” by Dorothee Soelle is a reprint edition published by Wipf and Stock Publishers on March 24, 2003. This 90-page work presents a collection of prayer-poems that reflect Soelle’s deep Christianity and her response to a world marked by oppression and suffering. Through her writing, she combines scholarly insight with a compassionate voice, aiming to make theological concepts accessible and relevant.
In this book, readers will encounter a unique blend of poetry and prayer that resonates with the themes found in the works of biblical figures such as Amos, Isaiah, and Jesus. Soelle’s verses challenge conventional notions of spiritual comfort, offering instead a raw and evocative exploration of faith in the face of adversity. The collection invites reflection on the complexities of Christianity and the human condition, making it a thought-provoking read for those interested in religion and theology.
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Dorothee Soelle enjoyed a solidly-established reputation as theologian in both Europe and the United States. Works such as ‘Christ, the Representative’, ‘Political Theology’, and ‘Suffering’ have shown her to be a writer who combined scholarship with clarity of expression, and made theology come alive through her human warmth and compassion.
‘Revolutionary Patience’, however, reveals yet another facet of Soelle as both person and writer. With disarming simplicity, the prayer-poems in this book reflect the author’s own deep Christianity as she attempts to make sense, in the light of the Gospel, of a world brutally scarred by oppression, filled with cries of the hungry and the hunted.
These poems are also prayers, of a kind rarely heard in our churches, but disturbingly evocative of Amos, Isaiah, and Jesus. These pages offer stones, not bread, for any who might open them looking for “spiritual” comfort or consolation. Yet, for those with ears to hear, ‘Revolutionary Patience’ will also be a treasured experience as Dorothee Soelle’s lines sing and sting their way into the reader’s mind and heart.
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