A brief history of spirituality [[electronic resource] /] / Philip Sheldrake

• Autore: Sheldrake Philip
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : John Wiley & Sons, 2013
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 248.09
• Soggetto topico: Spirituality - History; Church history
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Spirituality: A Brief History; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 What is Spirituality?; Origins of the Word "Spirituality"; Contemporary Meaning; What is Christian Spirituality?; Spirituality and Mysticism; The Study of Spirituality; Spirituality and History; Interpretation; Types of Spirituality; Periods and Traditions; Conclusion: Criteria of Judgment; Notes; Chapter 2 Foundations: Scriptures and Early Church; Christian Spirituality and the Scriptures; Scriptural Markers; Spirituality in the New Testament; Spirituality and the Early Church; Liturgy; Spirituality and Martyrdom ; Shrines, Devotion, and PilgrimageSpirituality and Doctrine; Origen; Evagrius; The Cappadocians; Augustine; Pseudo-Dionysius; Christian Spirituality as Transformation and Mission; Theories of Spiritual Transformation; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3 Monastic Spiritualities: 300-1150; The Emergence of Monasticism; Widows and Virgins; Syrian Ascetics; Egyptian Monasticism; Wisdom of the Desert; Monastic Rules; Benedictine Expansion; The New Hermits; The Cistercians; The Spiritual Values of Monasticism; Spirituality and the Conversion of Europe; Local Spiritualities: Ireland ; Spirituality in the EastSyriac Spirituality; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4 Spirituality in the City: 1150-1450; The Gregorian Reform; Apocalyptic Movements; The Vita Evangelica; Twelfth-Century Renaissance; The Rebirth of Cities; Cathedrals and Urban Vision; The City as Sacred; Universities as Sacred Space; Vita Evangelica and Urban Sensibilities; The Mendicant Movement; Dominic, Francis, Clare, and Bonaventure; The Beguines; Fourteenth-Century Mysticism; Julian of Norwich; Crossing Spiritual Boundaries: The Influence of Islam; Devotional Spirituality; Spirituality and Eastern Christianity ; The RenaissanceConclusion; Notes; Chapter 5 Spiritualities in the Age of Reformations: 1450-1700; Seeds of Reform: The Devotio Moderna and Christian Humanism; The Crisis of Medieval Spirituality; Spirituality and the Lutheran Reformation; John Calvin and Reformed Spirituality; The Radical Reformation: Anabaptist Spirituality; Anglican Spirituality; George Herbert; Puritan Spirituality; Early Quakers; The Catholic Reformation; The New Orders; Ignatius Loyola and Early Ignatian Spirituality; Spirituality Beyond Europe; Carmelite Mysticism; Lay Devotion; Seventeenth-Century French Spirituality ; Russian SpiritualityConclusion; Notes; Chapter 6 Spirituality in an Age of Reason: 1700-1900; Spirituality in the Roman Catholic Tradition; Pietism; Wesleyan Spirituality; American Puritanism and the Great Awakening; Shaker Spirituality; Orthodox Spirituality; Post-Revolutionary Catholicism; The English Evangelicals; The Oxford Movement; John Henry Newman; A Distinctive "American Spirituality"; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 7 Modernity to Postmodernity: 1900-2000; The Impact on Spirituality; The Prophetic-Critical Type; Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916); Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) ; Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)
• Sommario/riassunto: Engagingly written by one of the world's leading scholars in this field, this comprehensively revised edition tells the story of Christian spirituality from its origins in the New Testament right up to the present day. Charts the main figures, ideas, images and historical periods, showing how and why spirituality has changed and developed over the centuries Includes new chapters on the nature and meaning of spirituality, and on spirituality in the 21st century; and an account of the development and main features of devotional spiritualityProvides new coverage of
• Titolo autorizzato: A brief history of spirituality
• ISBN: 1-283-99368-6; 1-118-47234-9; 1-118-47233-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463415103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley-Blackwell brief histories of religion.