| Description |
xvii, 210 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Introduction -- Part 1: Conversion -- The Egoism Conflict and the Shock of Recognition -- Kohlberg, the Enlightenment, and Freud -- The Contribution of (and Correction by) Alcoholics Anonymous -- Part 2: Contemplation -- Pleasure and Pain: Christian Epicureanism -- ASEITAS -- Advancing to the Throne -- The Discipline of Prayer -- Through the Looking Glass: The Journey to the Heavenly Court -- Monasticism as the "Pearl of Great Price" -- The Traditional Mass -- Transition: When Bad Things Happen to Good People -- Part 3: Response -- Responding to the Cross -- Psychological Obstacles to the Third Stage -- "Love God, and Do What You Will!" -- The Dialectic of Messiahship -- Part 4: The Historical Context of Faith -- The Hellenistic Worldview: Indifference to the Third Stage -- The Enlightenment Worldview: Apotheosis of the Third Stage -- The Critical backlash -- The Enlightenment Attack on Contemplation as "Schwärmerei" -- Overcoming the Deadlock. |
| Note |
"A Michael Glazier book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210). |
| Subject |
Spirituality -- Catholic Church.
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Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
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Conversion -- Christianity.
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Contemplation.
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Service (Theology)
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Christianity -- Psychology.
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| ISBN |
081465911X paperback |
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