Penguins and Golden Calves

Description:

Despite protests and warnings from friends and family, author Madeleine L’Engle, at the age of seventy-four, embarked on a rafting trip to Antarctica. Her journey through the startling beauty of the continent led her to write Penguins and Golden Calves, a captivating discussion of how opening oneself up to icons, or everyday “windows to God,” leads to the development of a rich and deeply spiritual faith. Here, L’Engle explains how ordinary things such as family, words, the Bible, heaven, and even penguins can become such windows. She also shows how such a window becomes an idol–a penguin becomes a “golden calf”–when we see it as a reflection of itself instead of God.

subjects: Christianity,  Icons,  Idols and images,  Spiritual life,  Worship,  L'engle, madeleine, 1918-2007,  Spiritual life, christianity,  Idols and images, worship,  Christian life,  Anglican authors,  Miscellanea,  Idolatry

People: Madeleine L'Engle