Henri Nouwen

Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen ( born January 24, 1932 in Nijkerk, † September 21, 1996 in Hilversum ) was a Dutch Roman Catholic priest, psychologist and spiritual writer.

Life

Nouwens father was a lawyer Laurent Nouwen, his mother called Mary Ramselaar. The school visit to The Hague and High School in 1950, followed by 1951, the study of theology and philosophy at the seminary in Rijsenburg in Utrecht. In 1957 he received there the priest.

From 1957 to 1964 Nouwen studied at the Catholic University of Nijmegen Radboud psychology, then from 1964 to 1966 at the Menninger Clinic, a pastoral psychological institute in Topeka (Kansas / USA).

From January 1966 to 1968 he was a guest lecturer in psychology at the University of Notre Dame ( Indiana). After his return to the Netherlands he worked at the Pastoral Institute in Amsterdam and his PhD from the University of Nijmegen Faculty of Theology. In Utrecht he taught 1968-1970 Pastoral psychology and spirituality. From 1971 to 1981 he conducted research and taught mainly at Yale University in New Haven ( Connecticut ) in the fields of mysticism, spirituality, practical ministry and pastoral psychology.

In 1974 he retired for seven months in the Trappist abbey near Genesee New York back. From the experience gained during this period, he reported in a book. 1978 Nouwen worked five months as a visiting lecturer at the North American College in Rome.

1981 Nouwen left Yale University to meet for half a year in Latin America living with the poor and to get in touch with Gustavo Gutiérrez, co-founder and namesake of liberation theology. In 1983 he accepted an appointment at Harvard University, first as "Lenz Lecturer", later as "Professor of Divinity " ( theology professor ) at the Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA.

In 1985, Nouwen the Thomas Merton Award for peace and social justice.

The Ark

New impressions gained Nouwen 1983 by visiting the formed in 1964, " Ark " by Canadian Jean Vanier, a community of people with and without disabilities in France. This experience led him in the summer of 1985 to leave the Harvard University and a year to live in the ark in Trosly - Breuil. Mid-1986, he visited the home of the late French mystic Marthe Robin in Châteauneuf -de- Galaure in the Drôme. The end of 1986 he found in the Ark Community " Daybreak " in Richmond Hill near Toronto, Canada, a permanent home, where he worked as a spiritual director.

Nouwen is an internationally respected writer of spiritual literature. In his more than 40 books, he knows how to combine multiple scientific knowledge with Christian spirituality. His books live, not least by the reflection of his own spiritual experiences and the lessons learned from existential decisions. Many of his works have been translated into several languages.

Works (selection)

  • On the Search for Life: selected texts; Herder Freiburg, 2001, ISBN 3-451-27588-0
  • Wisdom from the desert; Herder Freiburg, 2002, ISBN 3-451-05253-9
  • The trust, which stops me: take the prayer to life; Herder Freiburg, 2003, ISBN 3-451-27914-2
  • Listen to the voice, the love is spiritual interpretation of the story of Jesus; Herder Freiburg, 2003, ISBN 3-451-27903-7
  • See our sacred center: Jesus and Mary; Four towers Muensterschwarzach, 2003, ISBN 3-87868-609-9
  • Home find: Towards a fuller life; Herder Freiburg, 2004, ISBN 3-451-28381-6
  • I listened to the silence: seven months in the Trappist monastery; Herder Freiburg, 2004, ISBN 3-451-05537-6
  • Career inward: Living with people with disabilities; Tyrolia Innsbruck, 2004, ISBN 3-7022-2600-1
  • Adam and I: an unusual friendship; Herder Freiburg, 2005, ISBN 3-451-28675-0
  • You give me wings: Thoughts of hope; Benno Leipzig, 2005, ISBN 3-7462-1540-4
  • Life here and now: years reading book; Herder Freiburg, 2005, ISBN 3-451-05570-8
  • Prayers from the silence; Introduction by Anselm Grün, Herder Freiburg, 2005, ISBN 3-451-27554-6
  • In a different light: the art of living and dying; Herder Freiburg, 2006, ISBN 978-3-451-28899-9
  • Fire in my heart: the power of humanity; Herder Freiburg, 2006, ISBN 978-3-451-29252-1
  • You are the beloved man: religious life in a secular world; Herder Freiburg, 2006, ISBN 978-3-451-29282-8
  • Images of divine life: look icons and pray; Herder Freiburg, 2007, ISBN 978-3-451-29652-9
  • Show me the way: a guide to the Lent and Easter time; Herder Freiburg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-29357-3
  • Holistically be human; : The cup of life Herder Freiburg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-32137-5
  • Jesus, a message that love is; Herder Freiburg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-32222-8
  • The inner voice of love: from the depths of fear of renewed confidence; Herder Freiburg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-26249-4
  • Christ's way down: a spirituality for our time; Herder Freiburg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-32188-7
  • Be loved: what it means to live today as a Christian, Herder Freiburg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-32268-6
  • From the solitude of life, Claudius Munich, 2010, ISBN 978-3-532-62407-4
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