Background
Philip Zaleski was born on September 29, 1948, in Waukegan, Illinois, United States. He is a son of Thaddeus and Jean (Busuttil) Zaleski.
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Wesleyan University where Philip Zaleski studied.
45 Wyllys Ave, Middletown, CT 06459, United States
Wesleyan University where Philip Zaleski studied.
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1995
(Drawing on the wisdom of teacher from the world's great r...)
Drawing on the wisdom of teacher from the world's great religious traditions, including Robert Thurman, Sharon Salzberg, Ram Dass, Mother Mary Clare Vincent, Joan Halifax, and Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man, Gifts of the Spirit deepens our appreciation of such everyday routines as waking up, eating, and working, as well as the abundant rewards of enjoying music, gardening, walking, and being with others. Vivid descriptions of rituals from around the world help us find new spiritual meaning in life's key passages.
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1997
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1999
(In every culture, in every epoch, human beings have yearn...)
In every culture, in every epoch, human beings have yearned for heaven – the kingdom of God, abode of the elect, fount of enlightenment, mirror of hopes and desires. Now, in The Book of Heaven, Carol and Philip Zaleski provide the first wide-ranging anthology of writings about heaven, drawing from scriptures, myths, epics, poems, prayers, sermons, novels, hymns and spells, to illuminate a vast spectrum of beliefs about the world beyond.
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2000
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2000
(The Best Spiritual Writing series is the place to find to...)
The Best Spiritual Writing series is the place to find today's most compelling voices in spiritual writing. This series has a remarkable legacy of bringing together the distinguished literary voices of the present, while offering a glimpse into the bestselling spiritual writers of the future. Representing a wide spectrum of religious traditions, these authors speak from the soul about both the profound and the everyday aspects of spirituality in our lives.
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2001
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2002
(This landmark work presents prayer in all its richness an...)
This landmark work presents prayer in all its richness and variety throughout history, across traditions, and around the globe. In a thorough and fascinating look at this spiritual practice, two of today’s most versatile and admired authorities on religion probe the language and fruits of prayer, its controversies, and its prospects for the future. With a focus on extraordinary stories of lives changed by prayer and on great works of literature and art inspired by it, Prayer: A History promises to be the standard on the subject for readers of all faiths.
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2005
(In The Fellowship, Philip and Carol Zaleski offer the fir...)
In The Fellowship, Philip and Carol Zaleski offer the first complete rendering of the Inklings' lives and works. The result is an extraordinary account of the ideas, affections and vexations that drove the group's most significant members.
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2015
Philip Zaleski was born on September 29, 1948, in Waukegan, Illinois, United States. He is a son of Thaddeus and Jean (Busuttil) Zaleski.
Philip Zaleski studied at Wesleyan University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970.
Philip Zaleski started his career as an executive editor in Parabola Magazine in 1984. In 1985 he started to work as a senior editor and held this post until 2005. Zaleski also worked as a lecturer in English at Tufts University from 1985 to 1989. In 1989, he took up a post of a lecturer in religion at Smith College and held this post until 2000. He also served as a visiting lecturer at Wesleyan University from 1990 to 1997.
Philip Zaleski worked as a book reviewer for the Boston Phoenix and regularly wrote lengthy review essays on subjects as diverse as baseball, anthropology, and science fiction. He published his first book The Recollected Heart in 1995. He also was an editor of The Best Spiritual Writing books. Together with his wife, he wrote such books as Prayer: A History and The Book of Heaven. His recent book The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of The Inklings J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams was published in 2015. Zaleski's essays and reviews on religion, culture, and the arts appear regularly in national periodicals including The New York Times, The Washington Post.
Philip Zaleski is an American writer and educator who is famous for his books on religion. His most famous works are The Book of Heaven, The Recollected Heart and The Fellowship. His books have received laudatory reviews in The New York Times Book Review, Time Magazine and The Los Angeles Times. Zaleski received the David McCord Essay Prize for his essay on Vladimir Nabokov's lepidoptery.
(Drawing on the wisdom of teacher from the world's great r...)
1997(In every culture, in every epoch, human beings have yearn...)
2000(This landmark work presents prayer in all its richness an...)
2005(In The Fellowship, Philip and Carol Zaleski offer the fir...)
2015(The Best Spiritual Writing series is the place to find to...)
2001Quotations: "I have written extensively on religion, literature, and general cultural affairs. My point of view can be described as ‘traditionalist’ with a modem twist; that is to say, I am interested in time-honored values and beliefs and their place in the contemporary world."
Philip Zaleski is a member of the Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition.
Philip Zaleski married Carol Goldsmith on June 13, 1975. The marriage produced two children.
