Since his existence, the human being has explored various ways in his quest for God. Part of this search is related to humanity’s yearning for true harmony and joy in the world. Christian spirituality, as a unique spirituality one encounters today, imparts various ways one can respond to this longing. One of these ways is through allegorical narratives. Specifically, this study analyses the spirituality of Hannah Hurnard (1905-1990) by intertextually perusing her most famous allegorical narrative, “Hinds’ Feet on High Places.”
A Journey to the High Places is divided into four chapters with the introduction exploring the significance of allegory and spirituality, providing a basis for a comprehensive study. In the first chapter, the allegorical narrative is subjectively considered in all its aspects and the central themes are expressed without any reference to other texts. Chapter 2 analyses the allegorical narrative with respect to other material that Hannah Hurnard published while the third chapter provides another intertextual analysis between the many biblical abstracts and their relation to the narrative, in the hope of showing her biblical interpretations.
Several spiritual themes that emerged from the preceding chapters are discussed in chapter 4, presenting a consistent spirituality. In presenting the themes, one notes that the strong points and weaknesses of Hannah’s spirituality are related to other Christian spiritual traditions. In presenting the themes one notes that the strong points and weaknesses of Hannah’s spirituality are related to other Christian spiritual traditions. In order to conduct a comprehensive study the introductory section of this study deals with the significance of allegory and spirituality.
Contributors
Author – Christopher Felix Bezzina
Foreword – Charlò Camilleri
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