Posthumous book by John S. Dunne, University of Notre Dame scholar and priest

Dark Light of Love by John S. Dunne “Light passing through the dark of outer space becomes visible when it encounters an object. So it is too with spiritual light. It becomes discernible when it kindles the heart and illumines the mind. I call it ‘dark light of love.’ ” So begins Dark Light of […]

Dark Light of Love
by John S. Dunne

“Light passing through the dark of outer space becomes visible when it encounters an object. So it is too with spiritual light. It becomes discernible when it kindles the heart and illumines the mind. I call it ‘dark light of love.’ ”

So begins Dark Light of Love, John S. Dunne’s twenty-third book, written before his death in 2013. In it, Dunne continues his quest of faith seeking understanding by exploring darkness as a metaphor for unknowing and the unknown. Dunne engages with a rich variety of sources in literature, theology, philosophy, and music to elaborate how “the dark light of love” shows a soul in the process whereby it is “oned” with God through emergence, separation, and finally union. As his many followers have come to expect, this deeply meditative work serves as a spiritual guide and inspirational source for those taking a journey with God in time.


“This book, like each of the many by John Dunne that I have read, reminds me of the gift to us that his life as a writer and a teacher has been. He helped so many of us to understand the need to take seriously our own experiences, and he showed us how to plumb those experiences for insights inspired by his own. In reading this book, I am reminded of what he still can teach us and of what his untimely death has taken from us.” —Paul Kollman, C.S.C., from the Foreword

John S. Dunne (1930-2013) was the John A. O’Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and the author of over twenty books, including Eternal Consciousness, recipient of the 2013 First Place Catholic Press Association Book Award for Spirituality; and his memoir, A Journey with God in Time, both published by the University of Notre Dame Press.

Dark Light of Love
John S. Dunne
Publication Date: September 25, 2014

ISBN: 978-0-268-02618-9 / Paperback $20.00 / 112 pages
ISBN: 978-0-268-07775-4 / Adobe PDF e-book Perpetual Ownership $20.00 / 30-day Ownership $7.00
To order: http://undpress.nd.edu/books/P03141?keywords=Dark+Light+of+Love#description

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