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'''Philip Zaleski''' is the author and editor of several books on [[religion]] and [[spirituality]], including ''The Recollected Heart,'' ''The Benedictines of Petersham,'' and ''Gifts of the Spirit.'' In addition, he is coauthor with his wife [[Carol Zaleski]] of ''Prayer: A History'' (a New York Times Notable Book and a Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Year) and ''The Book of Heaven.'' Zaleski is also the editor of the acclaimed ''Best Spiritual Writing'' series (1998 - present). His essays and reviews on religion, culture, and the arts appear regularly in national periodicals including [[The New York Times]], [[The Washington Post]],{{Failed verification|date=January 2012}} [[The Boston Globe]]{{Failed verification|date=January 2012}} and [[First Things]]{{Failed verification|date=January 2012}}.<ref>Zaleski, Philip. [http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/01/10/bookend/bookend.html God Help the Spiritual Writer], The New York Times on the Web</ref>{{Primary source-inline|date=January 2012}} Zaleski was for many years a book critic for the '' Boston Phoenix,'' and later worked as executive editor and senior editor at ''[[Parabola (magazine)|Parabola Magazine]],'' where he contributed frequent essays on Christianity and other world religions. During this period he also published a pioneering essay on [[Vladimir Nabokov]]'s lepidoptery, which won him the David McCord Essay Prize.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} In 1999, Zaleski compiled, under the auspices of HarperCollins Publishers, a list of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century.<ref>[http://www.librarything.com/bookaward/HarperCollins+100+Best+Spiritual+Books+of+the+Century LibraryThing The 100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century ]</ref>{{Third-party-inline|date=January 2012}} Zaleski has taught religion, literature, film, and creative writing at Wesleyan University, Smith College, and Tufts University.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
'''Philip Zaleski''' is the author and editor of several books on [[religion]] and [[spirituality]], including ''The Recollected Heart,''<ref> {{cite book | last1 = Zaleski | first1 = Philip | title = The Recollected Heart | edition = rev. ed.; first edition published by HarperCollins in 1995 | publisher = Ave Maria Press | year = 2009 | url = http://www.amazon.com/Recollected-Heart-Contemplative-Weekend-Retreat/dp/1594711992/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326848366&sr=1-1 | accessdate = 2012-01-18 | isbn = 978-1594711992}}</ref> ''The Benedictines of Petersham,''<ref> {{cite book | last1 = Zaleski | first1 = Philip | title = The Benedictines of Petersham | publisher = St. Bede's Publications | year = 2003 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=rcwmdQM_CBQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=benedictines+of+petersham+zaleski&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ChsWT9-EDYGKgwesnvG9Aw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=benedictines%20of%20petersham%20zaleski&f=false | accessdate = 2012-01-18 | isbn = 1-879004-18-5}}</ref> and ''Gifts of the Spirit.''<ref> {{cite book | last1 = Zaleski | first1 = Philip | title = Gifts of the Spirit | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 1997 | pages = 271 | url = http://books.google.com/books id=6UwcqGP1lUYC&dq=gifts+of+the+spirit+zaleski&source=gbs_navlinks_s | accessdate = 2012-01-18 | isbn = 0-06-069701-6}}</ref> In addition, he is coauthor with his wife [[Carol Zaleski]] of ''The Book of Heaven'' and ''Prayer: A History'' (''[[New York Times]]'' notable book;<ref> {{cite journal | title = Tidings of Pride, Prayer, and Pluralism | journal = The New York Times | date = 2005-12-25 | first = Jon | last = Meacham| id = | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/books/review/25meacham.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 | accessdate = 2012-01-04}}</ref> ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'' best nonfiction books of 2005<ref> {{cite journal | title = Best nonfiction 2005 | journal = The Christian Science Monitor | date = 2005-11-29| id = | url = http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1129/p12s02-bogn.html/%28page%29/3 | accessdate = 2012-01-04}}</ref>). Zaleski is also the editor of the acclaimed ''Best Spiritual Writing'' series (1998 - present). <ref> {{cite book | last1 = Zaleski | first1 = Philip | title = Best Spiritual Writing (Series) | year = 1998-2012 | url = http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3APhilip+Zaleski+ti%3ABest+Spiritual+Writing&qt=advanced&dblist=638#x0%253Abook-%2Cx0%253Abook%2Bx4%253Adigitalformat | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref> His essays and reviews on religion, culture, and the arts appear regularly in national periodicals including [[The New York Times]], <ref> {{cite journal | title = God Help the Spiritual Writer | journal = The New York Times Book Review | date = 1999-01-10 | first = Philip | last = Zaleski| id = | url = http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/01/10/bookend/bookend.html | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref> [[The Washington Post]], <ref> {{cite journal | title = We the People at Prayer | journal = The Washington Post | date = 2010-04-27 | first = Philip | last = Zaleski | coauthors = Carol Zaleski| id = | url = http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/04/we_the_people_at_prayer.html | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref> [[The Boston Globe]] <ref> {{cite journal | title = Diary of an Eccentric | journal = The Boston Globe | date = 1985-10-13 | first = Philip | last = Zaleski| id = | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref> and [[First Things]] <ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.firstthings.com/simpleSearch.php?offset=0&mySqlSearchCriteria=%22Philip+Zaleski%22 | title = Articles by Philip Zaleski | accessdate = 2012-01-18 | work = First Things | publisher = The Institute on Religion and Public Life}}</ref>. Zaleski was for many years a book critic for the '' Boston Phoenix,'' and later worked as executive editor and senior editor at ''[[Parabola (magazine)|Parabola Magazine]],'' where he contributed frequent essays on Christianity and other world religions. During this period he also published a pioneering essay on [[Vladimir Nabokov]]'s lepidoptery, which won him the David McCord Essay Prize. <ref> {{cite journal | title = Nabokov's Blue Period | journal = Harvard Magazine | date = 1986-07 | first = Philip | last = Zaleski | pages = 34-38| id = | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref> In 1999, Zaleski compiled, under the auspices of HarperCollins Publishers, a list of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century.<ref>[http://www.librarything.com/bookaward/HarperCollins+100+Best+Spiritual+Books+of+the+Century LibraryThing The 100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century ]</ref><ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.faith.com/library/articlesfaith/articles/f_lib_books_home_bestlist.html | title = The Hundred Best Spiritual Books of the Century | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref> Zaleski has taught religion, literature, film, and creative writing at Wesleyan University, Smith College, and Tufts University. <ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.worldwisdom.com/public/authors/Philip-Zaleski.aspx | title = Philip Zaleski bio on World Wisdom | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref> <ref> {{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series | title = Philip Zaleski | accessdate = 2012-01-18 | year = 2007 | publisher = Gale | volume = 159 | location = Detroit, Michigan}}</ref> One of Zaleski's main subjects is [[prayer]], which he has described in a television interview as "communication between the human and transcendent realms, an act that for most people means talking with a personal God, coming into the presence of a Person who cares about them and loves them and can offer them help. This communication may in time become a two-way street, as God responds. Vast numbers of people report this sort of experience and make it the basis of their daily lives, people who wake up every morning, pray, and believe that they have been in communion with God. They pray to God and receive an answer. And this relationship makes people profoundly happy, which tells us that prayer is something essential to our nature, as if it were hardwired in us."<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week632/carolphil.html PBS Religion and News Ethics Weekly Interview with Carol and Philip Zaleski]</ref>{{Primary source-inline|date=January 2012}}





One of Zaleski's main subjects is [[prayer]], which he has described in a television interview as "communication between the human and transcendent realms, an act that for most people means talking with a personal God, coming into the presence of a Person who cares about them and loves them and can offer them help. This communication may in time become a two-way street, as God responds. Vast numbers of people report this sort of experience and make it the basis of their daily lives, people who wake up every morning, pray, and believe that they have been in communion with God. They pray to God and receive an answer. And this relationship makes people profoundly happy, which tells us that prayer is something essential to our nature, as if it were hardwired in us."<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week632/carolphil.html PBS Religion and News Ethics Weekly Interview with Carol and Philip Zaleski]</ref>{{Primary source-inline|date=January 2012}}


==References==
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<ref> {{cite book | last1 = Zaleski | first1 = Philip | title = The Recollected Heart | edition = rev. ed.; first edition published by HarperCollins in 1995 | publisher = Ave Maria Press | year = 2009 | url = http://www.amazon.com/Recollected-Heart-Contemplative-Weekend-Retreat/dp/1594711992/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326848366&sr=1-1 | accessdate = 2012-01-18 | isbn = 978-1594711992}}</ref>
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<ref> {{cite book | last1 = Zaleski | first1 = Philip | title = The Benedictines of Petersham | publisher = St. Bede's Publications | year = 2003 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=rcwmdQM_CBQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=benedictines+of+petersham+zaleski&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ChsWT9-EDYGKgwesnvG9Aw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=benedictines%20of%20petersham%20zaleski&f=false | accessdate = 2012-01-18 | isbn = 1-879004-18-5}}</ref>
| NAME = Zaleski, Philip
<ref> {{cite book | last1 = Zaleski | first1 = Philip | title = Gifts of the Spirit | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 1997 | pages = 271 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=6UwcqGP1lUYC&dq=gifts+of+the+spirit+zaleski&source=gbs_navlinks_s | accessdate = 2012-01-18 | isbn = 0-06-069701-6}}</ref>
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<ref> {{cite journal | title = Tidings of Pride, Prayer, and Pluralism | journal = The New York Times | date = 2005-12-25 | first = Jon | last = Meacham| id = | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/books/review/25meacham.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 | accessdate = 2012-01-04}}</ref>
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American writer
<ref> {{cite journal | title = Best nonfiction 2005 | journal = The Christian Science Monitor | date = 2005-11-29| id = | url = http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1129/p12s02-bogn.html/%28page%29/3 | accessdate = 2012-01-04}}</ref>
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<ref> {{cite book | last1 = Zaleski | first1 = Philip | title = Best Spiritual Writing (Series) | year = 1998-2012 | url = http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3APhilip+Zaleski+ti%3ABest+Spiritual+Writing&qt=advanced&dblist=638#x0%253Abook-%2Cx0%253Abook%2Bx4%253Adigitalformat | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref>
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<ref> {{cite journal | title = God Help the Spiritual Writer | journal = The New York Times Book Review | date = 1999-01-10 | first = Philip | last = Zaleski| id = | url = http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/01/10/bookend/bookend.html | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref>
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<ref> {{cite journal | title = We the People at Prayer | journal = The Washington Post | date = 2010-04-27 | first = Philip | last = Zaleski | coauthors = Carol Zaleski| id = | url = http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/04/we_the_people_at_prayer.html | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref>
| PLACE OF DEATH =
<ref> {{cite journal | title = Diary of an Eccentric | journal = The Boston Globe | date = 1985-10-13 | first = Philip | last = Zaleski| id = | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref>
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<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.firstthings.com/simpleSearch.php?offset=0&mySqlSearchCriteria=%22Philip+Zaleski%22 | title = Articles by Philip Zaleski | accessdate = 2012-01-18 | work = First Things | publisher = The Institute on Religion and Public Life}}</ref>
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<ref> {{cite journal | title = Nabokov's Blue Period | journal = Harvard Magazine | date = 1986-07 | first = Philip | last = Zaleski | pages = 34-38| id = | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref>
[[Category:Christian writers]]
<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.faith.com/library/articlesfaith/articles/f_lib_books_home_bestlist.html | title = The Hundred Best Spiritual Books of the Century | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref>
[[Category:American religious writers]]
<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.worldwisdom.com/public/authors/Philip-Zaleski.aspx | title = Philip Zaleski bio on World Wisdom | accessdate = 2012-01-18}}</ref>
[[Category:Living people]]
<ref> {{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series | title = Philip Zaleski | accessdate = 2012-01-18 | year = 2007 | publisher = Gale | volume = 159 | location = Detroit, Michigan}}</ref>


==Works==
*{{cite book|last=Zaleski|first=Philip|title=Prayer: A History|year=2005|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|location=New York|isbn=9780618773602|pages=415|url=http://www.amazon.com/Prayer-History-Philip-Zaleski/dp/0618773606/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325701447&sr=1-1}}
*{{cite book|last=Zaleski|first=Philip|title=The Book of Heaven|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=9780195119336|pages=432|url= http://www.amazon.com/Book-Heaven-Anthology-Writings-Ancient/dp/0195119339/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1}}


==External Links==
{{US-nonfiction-writer-stub}}
*{{cite web | url = http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week632/feature.html | title = Prayer during war; interview with Carol and Philip Zaleski | accessdate = 2012-01-08 | last = Abernethy | first = Bob | date = 2003-04-11 | work = Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, Episode 632 | publisher = PBS, Thirteen/WNET New York}}
*{{cite journal | title = The Language of Paradise: An Interview with Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski | journal = PBS Thirteen/WNET Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly Viewer's Guide | date = 2003 | first = Missy | last = Daniel | pages = 11-13| id = | url = http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/pdfs/religionguide2003.pdf | accessdate = 2012-01-08}}
*{{cite journal | title = Heaven, They're in Heaven | journal = The New York Times Book Review | date = 2000-04-23 | first = Frank | last = Kermode| id = | url = http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/23/bookend/bookend.html | accessdate = 2012-01-04 | quote = The Zaleskis are cheerfully learned. }}

Revision as of 04:15, 18 January 2012

Philip Zaleski is the author and editor of several books on religion and spirituality, including The Recollected Heart,[1] The Benedictines of Petersham,[2] and Gifts of the Spirit.[3] In addition, he is coauthor with his wife Carol Zaleski of The Book of Heaven and Prayer: A History (New York Times notable book;[4] Christian Science Monitor best nonfiction books of 2005[5]). Zaleski is also the editor of the acclaimed Best Spiritual Writing series (1998 - present). [6] His essays and reviews on religion, culture, and the arts appear regularly in national periodicals including The New York Times, [7] The Washington Post, [8] The Boston Globe [9] and First Things [10]. Zaleski was for many years a book critic for the Boston Phoenix, and later worked as executive editor and senior editor at Parabola Magazine, where he contributed frequent essays on Christianity and other world religions. During this period he also published a pioneering essay on Vladimir Nabokov's lepidoptery, which won him the David McCord Essay Prize. [11] In 1999, Zaleski compiled, under the auspices of HarperCollins Publishers, a list of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century.[12][13] Zaleski has taught religion, literature, film, and creative writing at Wesleyan University, Smith College, and Tufts University. [14] [15] One of Zaleski's main subjects is prayer, which he has described in a television interview as "communication between the human and transcendent realms, an act that for most people means talking with a personal God, coming into the presence of a Person who cares about them and loves them and can offer them help. This communication may in time become a two-way street, as God responds. Vast numbers of people report this sort of experience and make it the basis of their daily lives, people who wake up every morning, pray, and believe that they have been in communion with God. They pray to God and receive an answer. And this relationship makes people profoundly happy, which tells us that prayer is something essential to our nature, as if it were hardwired in us."[16][non-primary source needed]



References

  1. ^ Zaleski, Philip (2009). The Recollected Heart (rev. ed.; first edition published by HarperCollins in 1995 ed.). Ave Maria Press. ISBN 978-1594711992. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  2. ^ Zaleski, Philip (2003). The Benedictines of Petersham. St. Bede's Publications. ISBN 1-879004-18-5. Retrieved 2012-01-18. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
  3. ^ Zaleski, Philip (1997). id=6UwcqGP1lUYC&dq=gifts+of+the+spirit+zaleski&source=gbs_navlinks_s Gifts of the Spirit. HarperCollins. p. 271. ISBN 0-06-069701-6. Retrieved 2012-01-18. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing pipe in: |url= (help)
  4. ^ Meacham, Jon (2005-12-25). "Tidings of Pride, Prayer, and Pluralism". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  5. ^ "Best nonfiction 2005". The Christian Science Monitor. 2005-11-29. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  6. ^ Zaleski, Philip (1998–2012). Best Spiritual Writing (Series). Retrieved 2012-01-18.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  7. ^ Zaleski, Philip (1999-01-10). "God Help the Spiritual Writer". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  8. ^ Zaleski, Philip (2010-04-27). "We the People at Prayer". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-01-18. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Zaleski, Philip (1985-10-13). "Diary of an Eccentric". The Boston Globe. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  10. ^ "Articles by Philip Zaleski". First Things. The Institute on Religion and Public Life. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  11. ^ Zaleski, Philip (1986-07). "Nabokov's Blue Period". Harvard Magazine: 34–38. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ LibraryThing The 100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century
  13. ^ "The Hundred Best Spiritual Books of the Century". Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  14. ^ "Philip Zaleski bio on World Wisdom". Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  15. ^ "Philip Zaleski". Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Vol. 159. Detroit, Michigan: Gale. 2007. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  16. ^ PBS Religion and News Ethics Weekly Interview with Carol and Philip Zaleski

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Works

  1. ^ Zaleski, Philip (2009). The Recollected Heart (rev. ed.; first edition published by HarperCollins in 1995 ed.). Ave Maria Press. ISBN 978-1594711992. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  2. ^ Zaleski, Philip (2003). The Benedictines of Petersham. St. Bede's Publications. ISBN 1-879004-18-5. Retrieved 2012-01-18. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
  3. ^ Zaleski, Philip (1997). Gifts of the Spirit. HarperCollins. p. 271. ISBN 0-06-069701-6. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  4. ^ Meacham, Jon (2005-12-25). "Tidings of Pride, Prayer, and Pluralism". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  5. ^ "Best nonfiction 2005". The Christian Science Monitor. 2005-11-29. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  6. ^ Zaleski, Philip (1998–2012). Best Spiritual Writing (Series). Retrieved 2012-01-18.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  7. ^ Zaleski, Philip (1999-01-10). "God Help the Spiritual Writer". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  8. ^ Zaleski, Philip (2010-04-27). "We the People at Prayer". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-01-18. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Zaleski, Philip (1985-10-13). "Diary of an Eccentric". The Boston Globe. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  10. ^ "Articles by Philip Zaleski". First Things. The Institute on Religion and Public Life. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  11. ^ Zaleski, Philip (1986-07). "Nabokov's Blue Period". Harvard Magazine: 34–38. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "The Hundred Best Spiritual Books of the Century". Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  13. ^ "Philip Zaleski bio on World Wisdom". Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  14. ^ "Philip Zaleski". Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Vol. 159. Detroit, Michigan: Gale. 2007. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)