Beyond the darkness

Even though the English Benedictine monk Bede Griffiths was well known during his lifetime (1906-1993) for his efforts to harmonize the spiritual practices of East and West, the full range of his influence is only just becoming widely appreciated. Now, from respected journalist and biographer Shirley du Boulay, comes the first major biography of Griffith's life, Beyond the Darkness. Du Boulay shows the transformation of Griffiths from an idealistic, highly intelligent, serious, and sometime irritable schoolboy into a man of profound wisdom who emanated unconditional love, and who was often revered as a holy man and a living saint. During his life of intellectual and spiritual discovery, he became an associate of the Inklings, a close friend of C.S. Lewis, and eventually a leader of an ashram in India.

First sentence: The family into which Alan Richard Griffiths was born was very English, very middle-class, very Angelican.

Year

1998

Language

English

Publisher

Doubleday

Editions

3

Pages

328

ISBN

9780385506946

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