Wayfaring: Essays Pleasant and Unpleasant

Alan Jacobs is fond of the essay because it lets a writer do something that more formal pieces of writing cannot: follow the "vagaries of the mind," let the writing follow its own path, encountering surprises and fresh insights along the way.

In this new collection, Jacobs offers essays for companionable wayfaring. To be a Christian, he says, is to be a wayfarer, to move hopefully towards a cherished goal. These essays are a wayfarer's notes, a record of ideas and experiences encountered on the pilgrim path. Gathered here are pieces serious and comic, eloquent and interesting. Jacobs muses on the usefulness and dangers of blogging, the art of dictionary making, the world of Harry Potter, and an appreciation of trees. He also includes several book reviews, including a wickedly witty poem.

With Wayfaring, Jacobs continues his tradition of exploring Christian theology and experience by way of the essay, bringing serious musings within reach of us all.

Author: Alan Jacobs
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 06/01/2010
Pages: 154
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.08w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9780802865687

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2010 pg. 16
Library Journal 07/01/2010 pg. 64
Christianity Today 10/01/2010 pg. 64

About the Author
Jacobs, Alan: - Alan Jacobs is distinguished professor of literature at BaylorUniversity, Waco, Texas. His many other books include Original Sin: A Cultural History, LookingBefore and After: Testimony and the Christian Life, A Visit to Vanity Fair, Shaming theDevil, and The Narnian: The Life andImaginationof C. S. Lewis.

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