Learning Humility

Year 2022
Type Book
Genre spiritual formation
Tradition Evangelical
Original language English

For For readers who want a reflective, journal-like book on humility and the virtues around it; not for readers wanting a systematic treatment of the virtues.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 4 of 5 strongly recommended
For the researcher: 2 of 5 useful
Difficulty: 1 of 5 light

A year-long journal of study and practice on humility, arranged by the twelve moons of the Lakota calendar and drawing on Scripture, Christian writers and Foster's own life.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 1 of 5
Scriptural 3 of 5
Experiential 5 of 5
Sociological 1 of 5
Historical 2 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

A book by Richard J. Foster published by InterVarsity Press in 2022 (192 pages) as a Renovaré resource, with the subtitle A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue. It grew from a New Year's resolution to give a year to learning humility through study and experience, and is written as a journal of that year. Its chapters follow the Lakota moon calendar, each centred on one of twelve Lakota virtues, beginning with humility. Each chapter opens with quotations and moves through reading, reflection, events of his life and time in nature. A review in Friends Journal (2023) notes its use of Scripture, including Micah 6:8, of Jesus, Mary and Joseph as examples, and of writers such as Julian of Norwich, Thomas Kelly, John Woolman and Andrew Murray, and its treatment of service and silence.

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Catalog IDW.4DXFFD.A

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