04190nam 2200649Ia 450 991045488360332120200520144314.01-135-28541-11-282-32487-X97866123248710-203-87472-2(CKB)1000000000773621(EBL)446822(OCoLC)442939368(SSID)ssj0000121855(PQKBManifestationID)11130291(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121855(PQKBWorkID)10121883(PQKB)10963647(MiAaPQ)EBC446822(Au-PeEL)EBL446822(CaPaEBR)ebr10320413(CaONFJC)MIL232487(OCoLC)437143112(EXLCZ)99100000000077362120090120d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChristian spirituality[electronic resource] the classics /edited by Arthur HolderLondon ;New York Routledge20091 online resource (393 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-77602-3 0-415-77601-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 God9 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 Castle19 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 Together29 HOWARD THURMAN (1899-1981): Jesus and the Disinherited30 THOMAS MERTON (1915-68): New Seeds of Contemplation; INDEXChristian 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 teSpiritualityChristian literatureElectronic books.Spirituality.Christian literature.248Holder Arthur G962621MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454883603321Christian spirituality2182783UNINA