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Father Ed
Dawn Eden Goldstein
其他書名
The Story Of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponser
出版
Orbis Books
, 2021-04-21
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Religious
Religion / General
Religion / Christianity / Catholic
Religion / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth
Self-Help / Twelve-Step Programs
ISBN
162698526X
9781626985261
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=FSbXzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Father Ed is the first biography of Father Edward Dowling, SJ, whose guidance transformed Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson's life and deepened the spirituality of the twelve-step movement. Bill Wilson's legacy is one of the greatest of any person of modern times. Time magazine placed him at No. 20 on its list of the most important people of the 20th century. But whenever Wilson himself had the opportunity to name the greatest human being he had ever met, he had but one Father Edward Dowling. Jesuit Father Ed Dowling (1898-1960) rescued Bill Wilson from debilitating depression and gave him the spiritual guidance he needed to bring AA to international prominence. Although not an alcoholic himself, he came to devote his ministry to helping people in recovery-not only alcoholics but also people in troubled marriages (as a co-founder of the Cana Conference) and those suffering from nervous disorders (as an early champion of Recovery, Inc., now known as Recovery International). He was also a champion of civil rights and other social-justice issues, and his pastoral interests presaged the priorities of the Church under Pope Francis.