{"product_id":"the-road-of-the-hearts-desire-an-essay-on-the-cycles-of-story-and-song-paperback","title":"The Road of the Heart's Desire: An Essay on the Cycles of Story and Song - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn S. Dunne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Road of the Heart's Desire\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the emergence of the human race and the individual from an undifferentiated oneness and the return of the individual to the human community and to reflective and differentiated oneness with God. Dunne expresses this reunion through music and language. \"Thinking of the human essence, we can discern in story and song a double emergence and separation, that of the human race and that of the individual,\" he writes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDunne traces four cycles of story and song: the unity of all things, an emergence and separation of the human race, the emergence of the individual, and finally a reunion of humanity with \"all in all.\" The \"road of the heart's desire\" is the path each person takes toward this reunion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn S. Dunne (d. 2013) was the John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and the author of twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eA Journey with God in Time: A Spiritual Quest \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Vision Quest, \u003c\/i\u003ealso published by the University of Notre Dame Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.3 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751423836448,"sku":"9780268040130","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7b3b607916670defa72afa7ccb2a7a94.webp?v=1779972756","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-road-of-the-hearts-desire-an-essay-on-the-cycles-of-story-and-song-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}