Undone, Philip Yancey
Undone, Philip Yancey
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Undone
A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

Author: Philip Yancey

Narrator: Philip Yancey, Simon Vance

Unabridged: 4 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 11/28/2023

Synopsis

As the world entered the long night of 2020, Philip Yancey turned to John Donne's Devotions, a nearly 400-year-old manuscript, for guidance. In it, he found a trustworthy companion for living through a global pandemic--or any other crisis. As Yancey says, "Nothing had prepared me for Donne's raw account of confrontations with God."

By faithfully and poetically rendering Donne's 17th century prose into 21st century vernacular, Yancey opens up this classic work to a new generation of readers. He presents these Job-like meditations on sickness and suffering, alongside his own reflections, in a series of 30 readings that examine the frailty of the human heart, the goodness and sovereignty of God, and the eternal hope of the Resurrection.

About The Author

Philip Yancey's books have garnered 13 Gold Medallion Awards from Christian publishers and booksellers. He currently has more than 17 million books in print, published in over 50 languages. Many of his works explore central issues of the Christian faith, such as award-winning titles like The Jesus I Never Knew, What's So Amazing About Grace? and Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? John Donne was a priest and scholar, often considered the greatest poet of the 16th century. His work is distinguished by his ability to explore the paradoxes of the Christian faith, of blessing and suffering, of divine and human, and in the midst of his own struggle with sickness, he devotes his writing to the nature of life and death itself through the lens of illness and pain.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on February 16, 2024

Mixed thoughts and feelings. The physical book is really lovely, and, after all, it's Philip Yancey paraphrasing and commenting (the final chapters are his own), so three and a half stars right out of the park. John Donne's belief that he was dying, though it turned out to be untrue, and his awarenes......more

Goodreads review by Shelly on November 14, 2023

My soul; Yancey’s rendition of John Donne’s is not for the faint of heart. It’s an invitation to look over the shoulders of a man in the throes of illness contemplating death, God’s sovereignty and love, sin and evil, grief and despair, and the crucial act of entrusting ourselves to our Father God. I......more

Goodreads review by Adrian on April 16, 2024

4.5. Philip Yancey's translation of John Donne's Devotions is beautiful and (probably always) timely. Yancey worked on the translation during COVID and brings it up often in his chapters (Donne wrote 23 devotions; Yancey added seven.) which might date it after some time. I mean, it's not the bubonic......more

Goodreads review by Gina on March 11, 2025

He definitely made Donne’s meditations more accessible. Three stars only because I’m not in a place where the discussion of physical struggles resounds with me. I kept thinking how helpful it would be to people suffering physical illnesses and disease. I really liked the reflection sections where he......more

Goodreads review by Shanna on November 09, 2024

You know those times when you're so sick you feel like you're going to die? Or when someone you love faces actual death? This is the book you want. Both a modern rendering of John Donne's Devotions and some thoughts from Philip Yancey, who has Parkison's disease. I'm thankful to Dorothy Sayers for c......more

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