Christian spirituality : the classics / edited by Arthur Holder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holder, Arthur G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spirituality.

Christian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Christian Spirituality: The Classics is a unique and comprehensive guide to thirty key Christian spirituality texts. Ranging from Origen and Augustine to Jonathan Edwards, Thérèse of Lisieux and Thomas Merton, it offers a view of the texts which is founded in scholarship, but which also presents them as living documents that invite- even compel -contemplative reflection and existential response.Each chapter briefly describes the classic text's author and audience, gives a synopsis of its contents, suggests some of its influence in history, and then explores aspects of the te

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; 1 ORIGEN (c.185-c.253): Commentary on the Song of Songs; 2 ATHANASIUS (c.295-373): The Life of Antony; 3 GREGORY OF NYSSA (c.335-c.395): The Life of Moses; 4 AUGUSTINE (354-430): The Confessions; 5 (PSEUDO) DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE (late fifth century): The Divine Names and Mystical Theology; 6 BENEDICT OF NURSIA (c.480-c.547): Rule; 7 GREGORY THE GREAT (c.540-604): Book of Pastoral Rule; 8 BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX (1090-1153): On Loving God

9 MECHTHILD OF MAGDEBURG (c.1210-c.1282): The Flowing Light of the Godhead10 BONAVENTURE (c.1217/21-1274): The Soul's Journey into God; 11 MARGUERITE PORETE (d.1310): The Mirror of Simple Souls; 12 GREGORY PALAMAS (1296-1359): Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts; 13 JULIAN OF NORWICH (c.1342-c.1416): Showings; 14 ANONYMOUS (fourteenth century): The Cloud of Unknowing; 15 CATHERINE OF SIENA (1347-80): Dialogue; 16 MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546): The Freedom of a Christian; 17 IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA (1491-1556): The Spiritual Exercises; 18 TERESA OF AVILA (1515-82): The Interior Castle

19 JOHN OF THE CROSS (1542-91): The Dark Night20 FRANCIS DE SALES (1567-1622): Introduction to the Devout Life; 21 GEORGE HERBERT (1593-1633): The Country Parson; 22 MADAME JEANNE GUYON (1648-1717): A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer; 23 JONATHAN EDWARDS (1703-58): A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections; 24 SØREN KIERKEGAARD (1813-55): An Occasional Discourse (Purity of Heart); 25 ANONYMOUS (mid-nineteenth century): The Way of a Pilgrim; 26 THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX (1873-97): Story of a Soul; 27 EVELYN UNDERHILL (1875-1941): Mysticism; 28 DIETRICH BONHOEFFER (1906-45): Life Together

29 HOWARD THURMAN (1899-1981): Jesus and the Disinherited30 THOMAS MERTON (1915-68): New Seeds of Contemplation; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-28541-1

1-282-32487-X

9786612324871

0-203-87472-2

9780203874721

OCLC:

442939368