Etty Hillesum, A Darkened World: Case Study
Discuss Etty’s spiritual response to her challenges and comment on how this relates to the challenges we face today. How did she find meaning in life, what were her spiritual practices, how did she integrate these into her life, what effects did her faith have on the way she lived, and which, if any, of these practices would be suitable for you?
Answer:
Etty was a Jewish woman with a lot of courage and the effectiveness in her. Etty initially struggled a lot in her life simply to understand what was actually happening in her own words, to “take everything in.” She analyzed that “though my mind has already reached to terms with it all, but my body still has not. It has been disintegrated and diversified in a thousand of categorical pieces, …show more content…
Spirituality makes us focused and strong from inner strength to get up and start a new way to reach the goal of life. It is a well grooming and integrated kind of approach to many problems and the issues. This finally leads to the mental soothing and the effectiveness and efficient for the perfection in life.
References:
Beattie, Tina. "Etty Hillesum: A Thinking Heart in a Darkened World." Spirituality and Society in the New Millenium. Edited by Ursula King with Tina Beattie. Brighton, GB: Sussex Academic Press, 2001. Chapter 18: 247-260.
Cannato, Judy. "Transformation in Etty Hillesum : From Chaos to Order." Spiritual Life (Washington) 40 (1994): 88-96.
Downey, Michael. "A Balm for all Wounds: The Spiritual Legacy of Etty Hillesum." Spirituality Today , (Spring 1988): 18-35.
Evans, Mary. "Gender and the Literature of the Holocaust: The Diary of Etty Hillesum." Women 12.3 (2001): 325-35.
Gubar, Susan. "Falling for Etty Hillesum." Common Knowledge 12.2 (2006): 279-301.
Parachin, Victor M. “Etty Hillesum: Concentration Camp Mystic.” Spiritual Life. 56.1 (Spring, 2010): 39-48
http://kcob.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/spiritual-joy-etty-hillesum/ (retrieve on 15 July 2011)
http://resourcesf.com/articles/04262011.htm (retrieved on 15 July
Answer:
Etty was a Jewish woman with a lot of courage and the effectiveness in her. Etty initially struggled a lot in her life simply to understand what was actually happening in her own words, to “take everything in.” She analyzed that “though my mind has already reached to terms with it all, but my body still has not. It has been disintegrated and diversified in a thousand of categorical pieces, …show more content…
Spirituality makes us focused and strong from inner strength to get up and start a new way to reach the goal of life. It is a well grooming and integrated kind of approach to many problems and the issues. This finally leads to the mental soothing and the effectiveness and efficient for the perfection in life.
References:
Beattie, Tina. "Etty Hillesum: A Thinking Heart in a Darkened World." Spirituality and Society in the New Millenium. Edited by Ursula King with Tina Beattie. Brighton, GB: Sussex Academic Press, 2001. Chapter 18: 247-260.
Cannato, Judy. "Transformation in Etty Hillesum : From Chaos to Order." Spiritual Life (Washington) 40 (1994): 88-96.
Downey, Michael. "A Balm for all Wounds: The Spiritual Legacy of Etty Hillesum." Spirituality Today , (Spring 1988): 18-35.
Evans, Mary. "Gender and the Literature of the Holocaust: The Diary of Etty Hillesum." Women 12.3 (2001): 325-35.
Gubar, Susan. "Falling for Etty Hillesum." Common Knowledge 12.2 (2006): 279-301.
Parachin, Victor M. “Etty Hillesum: Concentration Camp Mystic.” Spiritual Life. 56.1 (Spring, 2010): 39-48
http://kcob.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/spiritual-joy-etty-hillesum/ (retrieve on 15 July 2011)
http://resourcesf.com/articles/04262011.htm (retrieved on 15 July