The Fragrance of God

In this literary gem Vigen Guroian chronicles not merely the changing seasons but the course of his own life as he and his family move from Maryland to a new home near the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Leaving the old garden behind and cultivating another garden become an emblem of our journey through life, marked as it is by both bitter losses and sweet new blessings.
While deeply personal, The Fragrance of God vividly unfolds the great biblical themes of the grandeur of God's creation, the senses as -paths- to experiencing God, and the garden as a -place- of birth, death, and renewal.
Laced throughout with quotations from Guroian's beloved church fathers and replete with theological reflection, The Fragrance of God will lead readers down a path of deeper insight into the creation and the Creator.

Author: Vigen Guroian
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 03/01/2006
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 7.62h x 5.02w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9780802830760

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 09/19/2006 pg. 38

About the Author
Guroian, Vigen: - Vigen Guroian is Professor of Religious Studies in OrthodoxChristianity at the University of Virginia inCharlottesville. He tends a large perennial and vegetablegarden with his wife, June, in Culpeper, Virginia. Hisbooks include Inheriting Paradise: Meditations onGardening, Life's Living toward Dying (both Eerdmans), and Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic StoriesAwaken a Child's Moral Imagination (Oxford).

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