The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance

Very deep ideas but also very enlightening for modern society

This is a work of great depth that will deepen your longing for the Divine. It may also lead you to question presuppositions we make in faith traditions. In this work, Dorothy Soelle speaks with the genuine voice of the mystic. We do well to leave the towers and edifices of religious institutions and journey to the wilderness to listen to such voices.

This is by no means an easy read, but if you are a student of the Christian Wisdom tradition, a practioner of Centering Prayer or a fan of Cynthia Bourgeault or Richard Rohr, you will be glad to explore this boo, even if you can only get through a portion of it.

Academic review of many theories on mysticism. Thought provoking.

I've read through this book and really like the concepts presented by Soelle. She's a mystic and radical in the best sense. I'm reading it again, slowly to savor her astute observations. Definitely recommended reading for "followers" of Jesus, but it will upset most Christians...

An interesting integration of two paths.

Dorothee Soelle writes fluently and goes to the point. She makes very simple to understand why mystic are so concern with social issues. A must read if you are interested in the Social aspects of the Church and Christianity.

So, enjoy this walk through a connection between mystism and political action.

Dorothee Soelle is an iconoclast from personality to page and back again. This book ranges accros time and continents to draw on mysticism that, while predominantly Christian, sees the subversive spirit of the divine in all faiths. The Silent Cry helped me as an activist, grown weary with the endless spiritualising of Christianity to see that a spirituality that connects with human liberation is not only possible but an essential tool to long term activism. Soelle awakens many things in the reader: curiosity, spirituality, and restlessness included.