'Abba, give me a word!' So young monks and visitors to desert monasteries would often address an 'elder' at the beginning of the fourth century. These seekers believed that a word originating outside oneself would descend into the heart and give direction to one's inner life. Enzo Bianchi has tried[...]

"God, where are you?" This has been the cry of humankind since time began, and Enzo Bianchi finds God's traces in the searching of significant figures from the Old Testament. We are challenged to question our own certainties like Abraham, suffer torment like Jacob, or falter and become discouraged i[...]

»Följ mig«, sade Jesus till sina lärjungar. När Enzo Bianchi i början av 1960-talet började söka sin väg, drog han sig undan till den övergivna byn Bose i norra Italien. Hans önskan var att leva i radikal Kristi efterföljelse. I tre år bodde han där i största enkelhet tills bröder oc[...]