{"product_id":"the-pilgrim-of-the-absolute","title":"The Pilgrim of the Absolute","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Leon Bloy | Edited by David Bentley Hart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pilgrim of the Absolute \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis a collection of Léon Bloy’s writings, selected and edited by Raissa Maritain. The volume shows Bloy at the heights of his implacable fury toward the rich and haughty and at the depths of his seemingly inescapable poverty. Bloy spared no one with the excoriations that poured from his pen—a fact from which the selections of Maritain do not shy away, allowing the reader to experience firsthand the frustrating paradox of the \u003ci\u003ePilgrim of the Absolute\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLéon Bloy\u003c\/b\u003e (1846–1917) was a French poet, polemicist, and novelist. Influential as he was controversial, Bloy was central to the conversion of Jacques and Raissa Maritain to Catholicism; his writings contributed to Vatican II documents on Judaism; and Pope Francis quoted him in his first papal homily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Bentley Hart\u003c\/b\u003e is at present a fellow of The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. He has held appointments at the University of Virginia, Duke University, Providence College, and St. Louis University, and is the author of numerous books and articles. Among his most recent publications are \u003ci\u003eThe Experience of God\u003c\/i\u003e (Yale), \u003ci\u003eA Splendid Wickedness and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden and the Manifest\u003c\/i\u003e (both from Eerdmans). He has also just released a new translation of the New Testament (Yale).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1944418472\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100029706607,"sku":"978-1944418472","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--177.jpg?v=1781124591","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-pilgrim-of-the-absolute","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}