“This remarkable book records the spiritual search of a lifetime. It articulates this search through a series of powerful recurring images—that of a centre of stillness surrounded by silence, that of the circle dance of time itself, and many others—which confront and connect with and explicate each other in a number of combinations. The faith which is struggling to find expression is a Christian faith, but the images come from a great many sources and have been framed by people on many spiritual paths. What emerges is a powerful vision of Christian faith, centred in the Gospel promise of eternal life, which is at the same time in continuous exchange with the other great traditions, religious and philosophical, of human spiritual search. This combination of profundity and openness makes The Circle Dance very much a book for our time.” —Charles Taylor, McGill University
"I think of John Dunne as a kind of erudite Catholic Tevye, carrying on such an intimate conversation with God that we can learn about love just by listening in. Repetitive in the same way as Proust, or the rosary, his Circle Dance of Time is so joyful a meditation on our journey through time with and toward God that in places I thought my heart might burst; maybe better not to read before bed. " — Melinda Henneberger, Editor-in-chief, PoliticsDaily.com
“’I take one step at a time,’ John Dunne writes, ‘a paragraph a day, out of the heart, going from insight to insight.’ He takes images, mostly from quotations, ponders them, juxtaposes them and returns to them again and again from different points of view, always seeking insight into them. Dunne invites us to make the effort . . . to share the vision and join the dance.” —America
“In this remarkable book, The Circle Dance of Time, Dunne describes the intellectual and spiritual journey through time like a circle dance, where God’s love will illuminate the dark side of the human condition, or the far point on the circle, according to Dunne’s metaphor. . . .The Circle Dance of Time brings to the reader the light of intellectual nourishment and spiritual encouragement needed in these dark and hectic days. This book is recommended for college, university, and seminary libraries.” —Catholic Library World
