A pure mirror turned to face the sun : the story and wisdom of Saint Macrina the Younger with reflection meditations / R.K. Cogburn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cogburn, R. K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macrina, the Younger, Saint, approximately 330-379 or 380--Meditations.

Macrina.

Christian women saints--Turkey--Cappadocia--Biography.

Christian women saints.

Physical Description:

xiv, 131 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, 2024.

Summary:

"Both carefully researched and engaging, this small book invites the reader into the story of a remarkable fourth-century Cappadocian woman, St. Macrina the Younger, who met challenges that may seem familiar today. Surrounded by polarizing political conflict, in an empire divided by growing disparities between rich and poor, Macrina lived through earthquakes and disastrous droughts. She saw people displaced by war and severe weather, pushed into the ranks of the hungry and houseless. She suffered breast cancer and lost loved ones in tragic, unexpected deaths. Her response was nothing less audacious, fascinating, and inspiring than a commitment to know, reveal, and reflect God in her actions, and to make her home a microcosm of gospel life--an inclusive community of love, equality, simplicity, labor, caring, and generosity. The story begins with Macrina's parents among Christian refugees hiding in the hills during the Great Persecution. Restored to their family estates after the Edict of Milan, they raised two of the Cappadocian Fathers and two other saints. In this book, we follow their eldest child, Macrina, as her lived faith changes the course of her own life, and gradually and steadily permeates and remakes her family and community." -- Page 4 of cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-131).

ISBN:

1666727946

9781666727944

9781666733365

1666733369

OCLC:

1452186423

Publisher Number:

90100468412