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Author: Charles Kannengiesser
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published:
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781451405040
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese freshly translated documents cover the main trends of Christian spirituality from the second to the seventh centuries
Author: Bernard McGinn
Publisher: Crossroad
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe McGinns draw from the Presence of God series to take a closer, personal look at the mystical vision of 12 great spiritual masters living before the Reformation. 12 illustrations.
Author: Jordan Aumann
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780898700688
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis history not only serves to acquaint us with the origins and development of Christian spirituality, but, equally importantly in the author's view, projects into our contemporary world the lives and teachings of men and women who have reached a high degree of sanctity through the ages. His study is Catholic in both senses of the word. He has concentrated his attention on the history of spirituality in the Roman Catholic Church; and he has taken a comprehensive view of the full range of forms of that Catholic tradition, including -- so that we can learn from the mistakes of the past -- the heterodox tendencies and movements that have arisen from time to time.
Author: Gerald L. Sittser
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2013-04-23
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0830879978
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGerald L. Sittser carves out a new discipline that blends spirituality and Christian history--spiritual history. He overviews Christian history through the lens of spirituality, looking at what we can learn about the spiritual life from various figures and eras.
Author: Kurt Weitzmann
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 735
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Leslie T. Hardin
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Published:
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0825489466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJesus’ spiritual practices examied for today's believers to follow
Author: Robert Louis Wilken
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 0300127561
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany of the problems afflicting American education are the result of a critical shortage of qualified teachers in the classrooms. The teacher crisis is surprisingly resistant to reforms and is getting worse. This analysis of the causes underlying the crisis seeks to offer concrete, affordable proposals for effective reform. Vivian Troen and Katherine Boles, two experienced classroom teachers and education consultants, argue that because teachers are recruited from a pool of underqualified candidates, given inadequate preparation, and dropped into a culture of isolation without mentoring, support, or incentives for excellence, they are programmed to fail. Half quit within their first five years. Troen and Boles offer an alternative, a model of reform they call the Millennium School, which changes the way teachers work and improves the quality of their teaching. When teaching becomes a real profession, they contend, more academically able people will be drawn into it, colleges will be forced to improve the quality of their education, and better-prepared teachers will enter the classroom and improve the profession.
Author: Bradley P. Holt
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2017-08-15
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1506432549
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA landmark text on the history of Christian spirituality embarks on the journey afresh. This accessible and engaging history provides an excellent primer on the two-millennium quest for union with God, a "thirst" at the center of Christian life and practice. Holt traces the practice of Christian devotion, prayer, and contemplation from the biblical and influential early periods through the diverse insights of the Reformation and modern eras. Globally framed, the book highlights the local contributions of people from a wide array of traditions and perspectives as unified yet diverse voices giving witness to the thirst for the experience of the divine that is at the heart of the Christian pilgrimage. This new edition not only updates all the chapters and features but also adds more material on the spirituality of Jesus, medieval women mystics, contemporary spirituality, spiritual faith and practice in the digital age, and spirituality in a globalized world. Excerpts and illustrations from primary sources, a glossary, a timeline, new bibliographies, sets of spiritual exercises and discussion questions, and an online resource guide heighten the book's usefulness for students and lay persons alike.
Author: Donald Alexander
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 1989-01-11
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780830812783
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow can we grow closer to God? Is there a secret to spiritual life? Do we need a second blessing? Is sanctification instantaneous or is it a process? The nature of Christian spirituality has been widely debated throughout the history of the church. Donald L. Alexander brings together five scholars in a fascinating debate on sanctification and spirituality.
Author: Gerald L. Sittser
Publisher: Brazos Press
Published: 2019-10-15
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1493419986
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn our Western, post-Christendom society, much of Christianity's cultural power, privilege, and influence has eroded. But all is not lost, says bestselling author Gerald Sittser. Although the church is concerned and sobered by this cultural shift, it is also curious and teachable. Sittser shows how the early church offers wisdom for responding creatively to the West's increasing secularization. The early Christian movement was surprisingly influential and successful in the Roman world, and so different from its two main rivals--traditional religion and Judaism--that Rome identified it as a "third way." Early Christians immersed themselves in the empire without significant accommodation to or isolation from the culture. They confessed Jesus as Lord and formed disciples accordingly, which helped the church grow in numbers and influence. Sittser explores how Christians today can learn from this third way and respond faithfully, creatively, and winsomely to a world that sees Christianity as largely obsolete. Each chapter introduces historical figures, ancient texts, practices, and institutions to explain and explore the third way of the Jesus movement, which, surprising everyone, changed the world.
