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A Companion in Crisis: A Modern Paraphrase of John Donne's Devotions

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As the world entered a long dark night, Philip Yancey returned to a nearly 400-year-old manuscript for guidance. In it, he found a trustworthy companion for living through a global pandemic - or any other crisis. As Yancey says: 'Nothing had prepared me for John Donne's raw account of the confrontations with God.' The preacher and poet wrote his Devotions in 1623, during a pandemic in his city of London. For a month Donne lay sick, hearing the church bell toll each death wondering if his would be next. Philip Yancey has ...

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A Companion in Crisis: A Modern Paraphrase of John Donne's Devotions 2022, Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781913657826

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A Companion in Crisis: A Modern Paraphrase of John Donne's Devotions 2021, Philip Yancey

ISBN-13: 9781947360884

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