Reviews for The Restless Heart: Finding Our Spiritual Home in Times of Loneliness

The average rating for The Restless Heart: Finding Our Spiritual Home in Times of Loneliness based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-06-06 00:00:00 Albert Baur In this early book, Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, a popular spiritual author, argues that a sense of social, emotional and existential loneliness is a basic human condition which has been exacerbated by several contemporary cultural trends. Despite its discomfort, he argues that loneliness is a gift from God that pulls us beyond ourselves, into community, into a deeper relationship with God and into a fuller embrace of our human identity. Although I appreciate Rolheiser's insights, I find his writing style a bit too repetitive. 3.75 stars

Review # 2 was written on 2007-08-04 00:00:00 Nicholas Bresnan I didn't actually read this book. I'm trying to come to terms with books I can not finish. This is one of them. I barely made it through the first two chapters. I found the author's condescending attitude towards modernity (and young people) and his insanely broad generalizations about our societal problems (read: the problems of a select group of affluent white people in the suburbs) to be absolutely insufferable, and I could go no further. Normally, I'll suffer through a book so that I can say I gave it a chance, but I'm realizing, this is a waste of my time. So this one's going into my to-sell pile.