Isaiah : Spirit of Courage, Gift of Tears

Isaiah : Spirit of Courage, Gift of Tears by Berrigan, Daniel. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780800629984.

In this powerful meditation for our times, Daniel Berrigan continues his spiritual and social commentaries on the Hebrew prophets by wrestling with the hapless hero Jeremiah. "For me, for many years," says Berrigan, "Jeremiah has been that one man" who could best serve as a concrete sign of Yahweh. In his visions, condemnations, and summons, Jeremiah speaks to us, Berrigan shows, of sanctity and sanctimony, of power and its perversion, of people feverishly active, but morally confused and directionless. Thundering away---for over forty years!---Jeremiahs shouts seem lost in contrary winds, yet their consolation and desolation are beautifully captured in Berrigans deeply personal, poetic, and prophetic book.