We are all strangers in a strange land, longing for home, but not quite knowing what or where home is.

— Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007), Schriftstellerin

Source: The Rock That Is Higher: Story as Truth (1993)

Topics: Loneliness & Abandonment, Meaning & Identity, Hope & Confidence

Madeleine L'Engle

Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) war eine US-amerikanische Schriftstellerin und langjährige Writer-in-Residence an der episkopalen Kathedrale Saint John the Divine in New York City. Bekannt durch ihren Jugendbuchklassiker „A Wrinkle in Time“ sowie theologische Essays, verband sie den christlichen Glauben eng mit Naturwissenschaft, Kunst und der Bedeutung des Zweifelns. Für Bibelleser bietet ihr Werk Impulse zur Verbindung von Intellekt und geistlichem Leben, stieß jedoch in konservativ-evangelikalen Kreisen wegen universalistischer Tendenzen auf theologische Kritik.

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