Franny’s Jesus Prayer: J.D. Salinger and Orthodox Christian Spirituality

The Way of a Pilgrim and The Pilgrim Continues His Way—is a Russian hesychast text that was first published in 1881 and translated into English in 1931. It has gained popularity in the English-speaking world thanks to J.D. Salinger who mentions and re-narrates it in his stories “Franny” and “Zooey”....

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Main Author: Astvatsaturov, Andrey (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 8
Further subjects:B Franny
B Hesychasm
B Elder
B Salinger
B Zooey
B Russian Orthodoxy
B The Way of a Pilgrim
B Jesus prayer
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