{"product_id":"love-in-the-void-simone-weil-9780874868302","title":"Love in the Void: Where God Finds Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimone Weil, the great mystic and philosopher for our age, shows where anyone can find God.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy is it that Simone Weil, with her short, troubled life\u003c\/b\u003e and confounding insights into faith and doubt, continues to speak to today's spiritual seekers? Was it her social radicalism, which led her to renounce privilege? Her ambivalence toward institutional religion? Her combination of philosophical rigor with the ardor of a mystic?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Camus called Simone Weil\u003c\/b\u003e \"the only great spirit of our time.\" Andr馥acute; Gide found her \"the most truly spiritual writer of this century.\" Her intense life and profound writings have influenced people as diverse as T. S. Eliot, Charles De Gaulle, Pope Paul VI, and Adrienne Rich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe body of work she left\u003c\/b\u003e-most of it published posthumously--is the fruit of an anguished but ultimately luminous spiritual journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter her untimely death at age thirty-four, \u003c\/b\u003e Simone Weil quickly achieved legendary status among a whole generation of thinkers. Her radical idealism offered a corrective to consumer culture. But more importantly, she pointed the way, especially for those outside institutional religion, to encounter the love of God - in love to neighbor, love of beauty, and even in suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simone Weil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874868300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874868302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plough Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018 pg. 74","brand":"Simone Weil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063453184255,"sku":"9780874868302","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8ac1273-d4aa-4bbe-acfe-309bb7f83e1b.jpg?v=1685389641","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-in-the-void-simone-weil-9780874868302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}