| Description |
xxii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-362) and index. |
| Contents |
Irenaeus (c. 130-c. 200) : early Christian spirituality -- Origen of Alexandria (c. 185-c. 254) : Alexandrian spirituality -- Antony (c. 251-355) : the desert fathers -- Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-c. 395) : the Cappadocians -- Augustine of Hippo (354-430) : the birth of western spirituality -- Patrick (c. 390-c. 460) : Celtic spirituality -- Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-547) : western monasticism -- Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) : experiencing the spirit -- Anselm (1033/4-1109) : medieval spirituality I -- Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) : medieval spirituality II -- Francis of Assisi (1181/2-1226) : the Mendicants -- Gregory Palamas (1296-1359) : Hesychasm -- Julian of Norwich (1342-c. 1420) : the English mystics -- Martin Luther (1483-1546) : Reformation I -- Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) : the Jesuits -- John Calvin (1509-1564) : Reformation II -- Teresa of Ãvila (1515-1582) : the Spanish mystics -- George Herbert (1593-1633) : Anglican spirituality -- John Bunyan (1628-1688) : the non-conformists -- Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751) : the sacrament of the present moment -- John and Charles Wesley (1703-1791 / 1707-1788) : Methodism -- Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) : the spirituality of paradox -- R.A. Torrey (1856-1928) : Fundamentalism -- Amy Carmichael (1867-1951) : the spirituality of missions -- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897) : spiritual childhood -- Maria Skobtsova (1891-1945) : martyrdom -- Donald Gee (1891-1966) : Pentecostal spirituality -- Dorothy Day (1897-1980) : the Catholic Worker Movement -- Thomas Merton (1915-1968) : solitude -- Madeleine l'Engle (1918-2007) : narrative spirituality -- John S. Mbiti (b. 1931) : African Christian spirituality -- Rosemary Radford Ruether (b. 1936) : feminist spirituality. |
| Subject |
Spirituality -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780802828408 cloth alkaline paper |
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080282840X cloth alkaline paper |
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