LEADER 04154nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910823315303321 005 20240501004324.0 010 $a1-135-28541-1 010 $a1-282-32487-X 010 $a9786612324871 010 $a0-203-87472-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000773621 035 $a(EBL)446822 035 $a(OCoLC)442939368 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000121855 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11130291 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121855 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10121883 035 $a(PQKB)10963647 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC446822 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL446822 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10320413 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL232487 035 $a(OCoLC)437143112 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000773621 100 $a20090120d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aChristian spirituality $ethe classics /$fedited by Arthur Holder 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (393 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-77602-3 311 $a0-415-77601-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBOOK 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 327 $a9 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 327 $a19 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 THE?RE?SE OF LISIEUX (1873-97): Story of a Soul; 27 EVELYN UNDERHILL (1875-1941): Mysticism; 28 DIETRICH BONHOEFFER (1906-45): Life Together 327 $a29 HOWARD THURMAN (1899-1981): Jesus and the Disinherited30 THOMAS MERTON (1915-68): New Seeds of Contemplation; INDEX 330 $aChristian Spirituality: The Classics is a unique and comprehensive guide to thirty key Christian spirituality texts. Ranging from Origen and Augustine to Jonathan Edwards, The?re?se 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 606 $aSpirituality 606 $aChristian literature 615 0$aSpirituality. 615 0$aChristian literature. 676 $a248 701 $aHolder$b Arthur G$01149986 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823315303321 996 $aChristian spirituality$93984707 997 $aUNINA