Christian Spirituality: Themes from the Tradition - Softcover

Cunningham, Lawrence S.; Egan, Keith J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809136600 ISBN 13: 9780809136605

Publisher: Paulist Press, 1996

Synopsis

A concise and accessible thematic overview of the various ways Christians have approached God in prayer and practice.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Christian Spirituality is a concise and accessible overview of the ways Christians over the centuries have approached God in prayer and practice. In ten chapters, Lawrence Cunningham and Keith Egan explain the dynamics of spiritual life, each chapter exploring a single theme such as scripture, journeying, meditation & contemplation, asceticism, mysticism, solitude & community, friendship, eucharist. The themes are not mutually exclusive since believers frequently embrace several or all of these "ways" at once. But in different times and places people have tended to focus on one or another, so that they have become discernible paths to the Holy. The authors explore each theme in depth, tracing its evolution over the centuries. Within this historical framework, the book provides the reader with a "taste" of the different ways Christians have sought or lived in the presence of God. Each chapter concludes with a list of selected works for further reading and with exercises intended to provide a personal experience of the "way".

About the Author:

Lawrence S. Cunningham is chair of the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.

About this edition

• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0809136600
• ISBN 13: 9780809136605
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224