'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 ChristianSpirituality, Oxford University. INDICE: 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. Gregorythe 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. Soren 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. Therese of Lisieux (1873-97), Story of a Soul (Joann WolskiConn) 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).
- ISBN: 978-0-415-77602-8
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 376
- Fecha Publicación: 14/07/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés