Lee Hoinacki
Last Update: March 27, 2003
photo from conversations.org
Lee Hoinacki (1928? - ) What strikes me about Lee Hoinacki is the sense of his journey through life. Although I have reached the age of 36, I feel as though my journey is only just starting. My life to date has been about education; about my career; about starting a family. I am starting to sense a real calling to look for a deeper meaning.
It is hard (and probably unfair) to sum up Hoinacki's life of searching more succinctly than in this dust jacket copy:
Lee Hoinacki is a former Dominican priest, professor of political science, and subsistence farmer. He holds degrees in philosophy, political science, Latin American Studies, and theology and has taught at Sangamon State University, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Penn State University, and, in Germany, at the University of Oldenburg and the University of Bremen.
Hoinacki's journey encourages his conclusion: "The promise of progress is a lie, a terrible and cruel trap. My words can have only one justification: They sow doubt." Like his friend Ivan Illich he exposes the failure of technology to live up to its promises, and the heavy price paid by mankind for being swept along in its new religion.
There is a biography of Hoinacki on the We The People website.
A long interview with Hoinacki is published on the Conversations website. This was my introduction to Hoinacki and I highly recommend reading it over for an idea of his journey.
Hoinacki has written two books which incorporate his worldview:
Stumbling Toward Justice: Stories of Place is a collection of essays about his experiences in life, and about what he views as a sound basis for living a just life.
El Camino: Walking to Santiago de Compostela is a journal of his pilgrimage to Compostela. As he walks across northern Spain he shares his faith journey as well as the mundane hardships of the pilgrim's trail as experienced by his 65-year-old body.
Google on him to find out more.
Posted by sagwalla at March 27, 2003 09:36 AM