Dom Aelred Watkin (1918 – 1997)
‘I do not fear death, but it is such a break from established habits!’
Dom Aelred Watkin (1918-1997) was a wise and respected Head Master of Downside from 1962 to 1975.
Dom Aelred wrote little, preferring to communicate with a live audience, so Resurrection is Now is a rare opportunity to benefit from his understanding. This book covers death in all its aspects, both as an end and as a beginning, and looks at life from the perspective of a preparation for death. It combines intellectual rigour with a poetic delight in the wonder of being in all its aspects.
A learned man, Dom Aelred nevertheless wears his learning lightly, and the reader will find something enlightening on almost every page.
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