Series: Plough Spiritual Guides: Backpack Classics

Love in the Void by Simone Weil explores the profound insights of a mystic and philosopher who continues to resonate with today's spiritual seekers. Weil's short and troubled life was characterised by her confounding insights into faith and doubt. What sets her apart? Is it her social radicalism, which led her to renounce privilege? Her ambivalence toward institutional religion? Or...

To find out why Pope Francis is making Oscar Romero a saint, read the words that cost him his life. "A church that does not provoke crisis, a gospel that does not disturb, a word of God that does not touch the concrete sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed - what kind of gospel is that?"...