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For millennia humans knew the stars as well as they knew their own neighborhoods. Yet many of us have lost both this and other vital connections with our natural world.
In the thoughtful, genre-bending nonfiction tradition of Wendell Berry and Walker Percy, Dale C. Allison charts the effects of the loss of wonder in western society. Taking insights from everything from ancient creation myths to the popularity of cartoon animals, he highlights our ongoing disconnection from the cosmos, tracing its spiritual and philosophical impact. Comprised of six elegant and profound essays The Luminous Dusk calls us to a life of sustained wonder, open to God and connected to the creation, a life that chooses divine ascent over our culture's reflexive mediocrity.
Synopsis
For millennia humans knew the stars as well as we know our own backyards. Yet today many if not most of us have lost vital connections with our natural world, and so have in many ways lost our sense of wonder. In the thoughtful, genre-bending nonfiction tradition of Wendell Berry and Walker Percy, Dale Allison explores the loss of wonder in Western society. Mining insights from sources as diverse as ancient creation myths and contemporary children's books, he highlights our ongoing disconnect from the cosmos, tracing its undeniable spiritual and philosophical impact. "The Luminous Dusk" is an elegant, lyrical call to seek the stillness of God in our clamorous world.