A Severe Mercy
Vanauken’s memoir recounts love, Christian conversion, and bereavement, asking how profound loss can change a life of faith.
Saints & Biography
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Reading level: Accessible
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Peter Kreeft
Named in the published transcript of Kreeft’s lecture.
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grief love loss conversionOriginal catalog editions
Harper & Row (1980), Edition: 2nd, Hardcover, 240 pages
A Severe Mercy