Christian spirituality [[electronic resource] ] : the classics / / edited by Arthur Holder

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (393 p.)
• Disciplina: 248
• Soggetto topico: Spirituality; Christian literature
• Altri autori: HolderArthur G
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Christian spirituality
• ISBN: 1-135-28541-1; 1-282-32487-X; 9786612324871; 0-203-87472-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778053203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II