“A well-annotated, impartial anthology of key texts from world religions including the primitive, ancient, and esoteric alongside the living faiths of both Western and Eastern cultures…The excerpts are grouped by faiths and subclassified by type: sacred narratives, doctrines, rituals, institutional expressions, experience, and ethics…There are good bibliographies at the end of each selection.”
“All Saints will become something of a classic. Read as part of a daily schedule, it can keep us mindful that what is most real is immeasurable but nonetheless accessible, and that the community in which we have a part extends far beyond our own space and time.”
“Buy a copy of All Saints for yourself and for every teacher you know. Relish it and talk about it; for it is these women and men who have gone before us, who faced the same trials and sufferings as ourselves, that are still with us to help us face one more day in faithfulness.”
“In this masterful collection of essays, Robert Ellsberg has given us a litany of ‘all saints’ for our time. All Saints imparts, in an almost palpable way, an awareness of God’s action in history, of the Spirit molding and shaping the human heart, so that through these luminous lives one sees a greater light, and hearts turn to God in praise and adoration.”