Seeking Paradise Series_ Theology in Dialogue Nathan Mitchell's book serves as

Nathan Mitchell's book serves as both an introduction to liturgy

in a society marked by a growing gulf between rich and poor

and recently beatified Jesuit preacher Rupert Mayer

lived nearly 50 years in Japan and served as professor of religious studies and director of the Institute of Oriental Religious of Sophia University

theological method

Seeking Paradise Series_ Theology in Dialogue Nathan Mitchell's book serves as"The peculiar grace of a Shaker chair is due to the fact that it was made by someone capable of believing that an angel might come and sit on it." Thomas Merton "Thomas Merton, with his Cistercian instinct for religious purity, simplicity, and the sacramental value of work, was, as this illuminating volume shows, the natural dialogue partner with the Shakers and their artful work." Lawrence S. Cunningham, author, Thomas Merton and the Monastic Vision