Things As They Are Bouyer and he no longer rediscovers

and he no longer rediscovers that world in his faith

frustrated by his poetic impotency

( Louis Bouyer)

(1855–1938) was a French Dominican priest and scholar

anchored in sacred Scripture and imbued with its author’s affectionate acceptance of Christ’s call to friendship

Things As They Are Bouyer and he no longer rediscoversBy Paul Horgan In early twentieth century New York, a young boy enjoys a happy, ordinary childhood. Then, one by one, Richard sees his childhood securities crumble before the pitiless facts of a fallen world: the wanton cruelty of other children, the inconstancy of the grown ups and inscrutability of their world, the overwhelming otherness of God, and the seemingly indomitable capacity in himself for sin. Things As They Are draws its thematic power