Work and the Life of the Spirit
By Douglas Thorpe
Foreword by Thomas Moore
320 pages, Literature and Essay
ISBN 978-1562790998
A stimulating historical reader on the spiritual dimension of work, assembled as an anthology of fine writing from classical times to the present, including Eastern, Western, and native viewpoints. The selections are arranged historically, “moving as human culture moves,” until, Thorpe writes, “we reach, in this wandering way, the modern city, with its associated industries and professions, which bear so little resemblance to the life that humans have lived for thousands of years.” This fine anthology challenges us to restore the age-old meaning that work can offer.
Douglas Thorpe is the author of the critical study A New Earth. He teaches at Seattle Pacific University and is program director of the Center for Spiritual Development.