How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life-Changing Wisdom of

How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem

The opening lines ofÂ The Divine ComedyÂ by Dante Alighieri launched Rod Dreher on a journey that rescued him from exile and saved his life. Dreher found that the medieval poem offered him a surprisingly practical way of solving modern problems.

Following the death of his little sister and the publication of hisÂ New York TimesÂ bestselling memoirÂ The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Dreher found himself living in the small community of Starhill, Louisiana where he grew up. But instead of the fellowship he hoped to find, he discovered that fault lines within his family had deepened. Dreher spiraled into depression and a stress-related autoimmune disease. Doctors told Dreher that if he didnâ€™t find inner peace, he would destroy his health. Soon after, he came acrossÂ The Divine ComedyÂ in a bookstore and was enchanted by its first lines, which seemed to describe his own condition.

In the months that followed Dante helped Dreher understand the mistakes and mistaken beliefs that had torn him down and showed him that he had the power to change his life. Dreher knows firsthand the solace and strength that can be found in Danteâ€™s great work, and distills its wisdom for those who are lost in the dark wood of depression, struggling with failure (or success), wrestling with a crisis of faith, alienated from their families or communities, or otherwise enduring the sense of exile that is the human condition.

Inspiring, revelatory, and packed with penetrating spiritual, moral, and psychological insightsÂ How Dante Can Save Your LifeÂ is a book for people, both religious and secular, who find themselves searching for meaning and healing. Dante told his patron that he wrote his poem to bring readers from misery to happiness. It worked for Rod Dreher. Dante saved Rod Dreherâ€™s lifeâ€”and in this book, Dreher shows you how Dante can save yours.
Country USA
Manufacturer Regan Arts.
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-04-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Regan Arts.
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-04-14
Format	Kindle eBook

How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem

You might also like...