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Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen, May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio. Ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria in Illinois, in 1919, [ 1 ] Sheen quickly became a renowned theologian, earning the Cardinal Mercier Prize ...
Sheean's most famous work was Personal History (New York: Doubleday, 1935 [2]).It won one of the inaugural National Book Awards: the Most Distinguished Biography of 1935. [3] [4] [a] Film producer Walter Wanger acquired the political memoir and made it the basis for his 1940 film production Foreign Correspondent, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Edmond Bordeaux Szekely (March 5, 1905 – 1979) was a Hungarian philologist/linguist, philosopher, psychologist and natural living enthusiast. Szekely authored The Essene Gospel of Peace, which he alleged to have translated from an ancient text he discovered in the 1920s.
At Easter 2011, Sheen directed and starred in National Theatre Wales's The Passion, a 72-hour secular passion play staged in his hometown of Port Talbot. From October 2011 until January 2012, Sheen played the title role in Hamlet at the Young Vic. Sheen has also appeared in many radio productions, particularly in the early years of his career.
Writing for AllMusic, critic Ken Dryden wrote "With the surge of interest in bossa nova and samba, Peterson's interpretations of songs like "Manha de Carnaval," "How Insensitive," "Meditation," and "Samba de Orfeo" have stood up very well against similar jazz recordings of the mid-'60s.
Soul at Peace (Slovak: Pokoj v duši) is a 2009 drama film directed by Vladimír Balko and starring Attila Mokos, Roman Luknár and Helena Krajčiová. It was written by Czech writer Jiří Křižan. [ 1 ]
Soul Mountain is a novel by Gao Xingjian. The novel is loosely based on the author's own journey into rural China , which was inspired by a false diagnosis of lung cancer. The novel is a part autobiographical, part fictional account of a man's journey to find the fabled mountain Lingshan .
The dark night of the soul is a stage of final and complete purification, and is marked by confusion, helplessness, stagnation of the will, and a sense of the withdrawal of God's presence. [ note 1 ] It is the period of final "unselfing" and the surrender to the hidden purposes of the divine will.