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Author:   Arthur Holder (Graduate Theological Union, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.730kg
ISBN:  

9780415776028

ISBN 10:   0415776023
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   14 July 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Editor’s Introduction 1. Origen (ca. 185 - ca. 253), Commentary on the Song of Songs (John J. O’Keefe) 2. Athanasius (ca. 295-373), Life of Antony (Douglas Burton-Christie) 3. Gregory of Nyssa (ca. 335 - ca. 395), Life of Moses (Nonna Verna Harrison) 4. Augustine (354-430), Confessions (Jennifer Hockenbery) 5. (Pseudo) Dionysius the Areopagite (late fifth century), On the Divine Names and Mystical Theology (John D. Jones) 6. Benedict of Nursia (ca. 480 - ca. 547), Rule (Theresa Ladrigan-Whelpley) 7. Gregory the Great (ca. 540-604), Book of Pastoral Rule (Arthur Holder) 8. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), On Loving God (Mark S. Burrows) 9. Mechthild of Magdeburg (ca. 1210 - ca. 1282), The Flowing Light of the Godhead (Ulrike Wiethaus) 10. Bonaventure (ca. 1217/21 - 1274), The Soul’s Journey into God (Elizabeth A. Dreyer) 11. Marguerite Porete (d. 1310), The Mirror of Simple Souls (Maria Lichtmann) 12. Gregory Palamas (1296-1359), Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts (John A. McGuckin) 13. Julian of Norwich (ca. 1342 - ca. 1416), Showings (Elisabeth Koenig) 14. Anonymous (fourteenth century), Cloud of Unknowing (Steven Chase) 15. Catherine of Siena (1347-80), Dialogue (Darleen Pryds) 16. Martin Luther (1483-1546), The Freedom of a Christian (Timothy J. Wengert) 17. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), The Spiritual Exercises (Elizabeth Liebert) 18. Teresa of Avila (1515-82), The Interior Castle (Mary Frohlich) 19. John of the Cross (1542-91), The Dark Night (David B. Perrin) 20. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Introduction to the Devout Life (Wendy M. Wright) 21. George Herbert (1593-1633), The Country Parson (Philip Sheldrake) 22. Madame Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717), A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer (Bo Karen Lee) 23. Jonathan Edwards (1703-58), A Treatise on Religious Affections (Timothy Hessel-Robinson) 24. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-55), An Occasional Discourse (Purity of Heart) (David J. Kangas) 25. Anonymous (mid-nineteenth century), The Way of a Pilgrim (Suzette Phillips) 26. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-97), Story of a Soul (Joann Wolski Conn) 27. Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941), Mysticism (Dana Greene) 28. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45), Life Together (Lisa E. Dahill) 29. Howard Thurman (1899-1981), Jesus and the Disinherited (Luther E. Smith, Jr) 30. Thomas Merton (1915-68), New Seeds of Contemplation (Bruce H. Lescher)

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'In this lively and engaging volume Arthur Holder has provided the academic and formative communities that critically study and read classical spiritual texts for transformative purposes a book that is likely to shape the introductory courses on the history of Christian spirituality for the forseeable future ... These essays are so good, so elegant and written in such a scholarly and heartfelf manner, that anyone reading them will want to read the classic texts themselves ... [an] extraordinarily useful volume.' -- Janet K. Ruffing, Fordham University, USA, Horizons: Journal of the College Theology Society vol. 36, no. 2 (2009) 'This volume contains thirty essays about major spiritual texts from the second century to the twentieth; it will introduce the reader, in a most lively and accessible manner, to many central aspects of human life lived towards God today; it is both an introduction to these writings and an invitation to explore them deeply and personally.' -- Benedicta Ward, Oxford University, UK 'It is rare when one can say that every essay in a collaborative work is worth reading, but that is definitely the case here. ... This volume should be considered for adoption in many courses on spirituality and Christian history.' -- Don H. Compier, St. Paul School of Theology, Anglican and Episcopal History

'This volume contains thirty essays about major spiritual texts from the second century to the twentieth; it will introduce the reader, in a most lively and accessible manner, to many central aspects of human life lived towards God today; it is both an introduction to these writings and an invitation to explore them deeply and personally.'- Benedicta Ward, Reader in History of Christian Spirituality, Oxford University

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The Reverend Arthur G. Holder is Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs and John Dillenberger Professor of Christian Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California

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