The Fragrance of God

by Vigen Guroian

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 2006

Overview

In this literary gem Vigen Guroian chronicles not merely the changing seasons but the course of his own life as he and his family move from Maryland to a new home near the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Leaving the old garden behind and cultivating another garden become an emblem of our journey through life, marked as it is by both bitter losses and sweet new blessings. While deeply personal, The Fragrance of God vividly unfolds the great biblical themes of the grandeur of God’s creation, the senses as “paths” to experiencing God, and the garden as a “place” of birth, death, and renewal. Laced throughout with quotations from Guroian’s beloved church fathers and replete with theological reflection, The Fragrance of God will lead readers down a path of deeper insight into the creation and the creator.

Product Details

• Title: The Fragrance of God
• Author: Vigen Guroian
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 2006
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Gardens › Religious aspects--Christianity--Meditations
• ISBNs: 9780802830760, 0802830765
• Resource ID: LLS:FRAGRANCEOFGOD
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:03:19Z

About Vigen Guroian

Vigen Guroian is professor of religious studies in Orthodox Christianity at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. His books include Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening, Life’s Living toward Dying, and Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child’s Moral Imagination.