Research Catalog

Title

Waiting for God / Simone Weil ; translated by Emma Craufurd ; with an introduction by Leslie A. Fiedler.

Author

Weil, Simone, 1909-1943

Publication

New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009, c1951.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Perrin, Joseph Marie, 1905-
• Craufurd, Emma
• Fiedler, Leslie A.

Description

xxxiv, 151, 22 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

"Emerging from the thought-provoking discussions and correspondence Simone Weil had with the Reverend Father Perrin, this classic collection of essays contains the renowned philosopher and social activist's most profound meditations on the relationship of human life to the realm of the transcendent. An enduring masterwork and "one of the most neglected resources of our century" (Adrienne Rich), Waiting for God will continue to influence spiritual and political thought for centuries to come."--Back cover.

Uniform Title

Attente de Dieu. English

Alternative Title

Attente de Dieu.

Subject

• Weil, Simone, 1909-1943 > Correspondence
• Perrin, Joseph Marie, 1905- > Correspondence
• God > Worship and love

Genre/Form

Records and correspondence

Note

• Originally published: New York : Putnam, c1951.
• Includes P.S. insights, interviews & more.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Letters. 1. Hesitations concerning baptism -- 2. Same subject -- 3. About her departure -- 4. Spiritual autobiography -- 5. Her intellectual vocation -- 6. Last thoughts -- Essays. Reflections on the right use of school studies with a view to the love of God -- The love of God and affliction -- Forms of the implicit love of God -- The love of our neighbor -- Love of the order of the world -- The love of religious practices -- Friendship -- Implicit and explicit love -- Concerning the Our Father.

ISBN

• 9780061718960
• 0061718963

OCLC

• 232978263
• SCSB-10572482

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library