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Book SynopsisIn today?s deeply divided world, how can people find common ground with each other? One of the earliest goals of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was to build a modern Zion?a community where people would share one heart and one mind. That vision raises questions that are profoundly relevant in today?s divided society. Is unity of feeling and belief desirable or even possible? If so, what does it look like? Ryan Davis explores these questions by reflecting on personal stories from his life and work in the present-day Latter-day Saints faith community. The stories that Davis is interested in are ones in which relative strangers or mere acquaintances catch a glimpse of each other?s humanity. Within that liminal space?which Davis calls ?Mormon Zion??they are able to listen to each other, learn from each other, and find common ground, qualities that are sorely needed in today?s public square. Combining gifted storytelling with keen analysis, Davis illuminates people?s lived experiences within the Latter-day Saints community and offers thoughtful reflections on what it might mean to share one heart and one mind in today?s polarized world.

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Book SynopsisThe book of Joshua forms the logical end point for much of the Pentateuch. It shows how Israel came to possess the land God had promised centuries before to Abraham and how God was faithful to his promises. It also portrays God's demands that his covenant people forsake all other allegiances and follow him only and completely. The New American Commentary is for those who have been seeking a commentary that honors the Scriptures, represents the finest in contemporary evangelical scholarship and lends itself to the practical work of preaching and teaching. This series serves a minister's friend and a student's guide. The New American Commentary assumes the inerrancy of Scripture, focuses on the intrinsic theological and exegetical concerns of each biblical book, and engages the range of issues raised in contemporary biblical scholarship. Drawing on the knowledge and skills of over forty scholars and encompassing forty volumes, the NAC brings together scholarship and piety to produce a to

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An impressive demonstration of how far a scholar can go with painstaking investigation and interpretation of scattered and limited evidence. . . . There is a great deal to admire and ponder [in this book]." * The Medieval Review *"The Beguines of Medieval Paris is an informative and lively book that will make readers see these women not as the hypocritical figures of the satirical tradition nor as the targets of hostile papal pronouncements but as active and charitable women who carved out an important place for themselves in a city replete with religious orders and institutions." * Catholic Historical Review *"Tanya Stabler Miller presents the reader with an elegant, thoroughly researched and persuasively argued study, providing invaluable insight into this urban female community but also making an informed addition to the growing understanding of Later Medieval spirituality more broadly." * French History *"This lovely book engages with the histories of work, women, and spirituality, as well as with urban and intellectual history. . . . Excellent." * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"This is a wonderful new study of the beguines who lived in Paris and enjoyed considerable public respect, especially by King Louis IX. . . . Tanya Stabler Miller provides a detailed discussion of the available sources and illustrates through a variety of approaches how and why the beguines could establish themselves so well against all protests and condemnations by the theologians and clerics." * Mediaevistik *"Tanya Stabler Miller writes with intelligence and clarity. The contributions she makes to our understanding of how female spirituality was connected to female labor are revelatory." * William Chester Jordan, Princeton University *"An important and rich case study. In telling detail, The Beguines of Medieval Paris sheds light on the broader contours of this religious movement." * Walter Simons, Dartmouth College *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The Prud'homme and the Beguines: Louis IX and the Foundation of the Beguinage of Paris Chapter 2. The World of the Beguinage Chapter 3. Beguines, Silk, and the City Chapter 4. Masters and Pastors: Sorbonne Scholars, Beguines, and Religious Instruction Chapter 5. Religious Education and Spiritual Collaboration at the Beguinage of Paris Chapter 6. "There Are Among Us Women Called Beguines" Chapter 7. The King's Beguines Appendix. Beguines Whose Occupations Are Known Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Much has been written on medieval fairies in the past twenty years or so, but in Elf Queens and Holy Friars Green succeeds triumphantly in bringing new insights and thoughtful analysis to their history and their metamorphoses into divergent forms, as the early modern world begins to take shape." * The Times Literary Supplement *"As a guide to the traditions of Britain and France, [Green's] can't be surpassed. This is cultural history from below, not the usual top-down perspective. . . . It is not only original, sensible and deeply researched but accessible. Not only medievalists will actively enjoy reading it." * London Review of Books *"This wonderful book is a rare example of work which is genuinely interdisciplinary, making an equal contribution to our understanding of medieval romance literature, Western Christian theology and medieval Western European cultural history. It does this by bringing together two different bodies of source material-the romances and the writings of medieval churchmen-in both of which the author is equally expert. The result is a whole series of exciting new insights, centred on the theme of fairyland as a contested site in a struggle between official and unofficial cultures in the high and late Middle Ages." * Time and Mind *"A new book by Richard Firth Green is always a significant event, and this one, surveying fairy beliefs in the Middle Ages, is set to become the work of first recourse on the subject. It is scholarly, meticulously researched beyond the limits of all the more familiar examples, and is in many respects a profoundly revisionary account of such beliefs. It deserves to be read not just by folklorists and critics of those medieval romances in which fairies figure, but by cultural, social, and intellectual historians, theologians, and historians of witchcraft." * Speculum *"Elf Queens and Holy Friars is a lucid, rich and engrossing book. Green sustains his case for the contingency and variety of medieval fairy beliefs, while also making a coherent and compelling argument about medieval clerical approaches to such beliefs. The study is likely to become a staple of reading lists across a number of areas of literary and cultural history; however, its appeal should extend well beyond the academy. Elf Queens and Holy Friars is a deeply learned book, but it wears that learning lightly; there is much here for readers new to this field to enjoy, not least the sheer entertainment value of many medieval fairy accounts." * Literature & History *"Although I have brushed up against suggestions of fairy lore and activity many times in the materials with which I work, I have taken them for granted up to now, which also means I did not think very hard about them. Reading this book has illuminated a large expanse of material much more deeply and intimately than I imagined possible." * Claire Fanger, Rice University *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Believing in Fairies Chapter 2. Policing Vernacular Belief Chapter 3. Incubi Fairies Chapter 4. Christ the Changeling Chapter 5. Living in Fairyland Postscript Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisSzpiech draws on medieval Christian, Jewish, and Muslim polemics to investigate the role of narrative in the representation of conversion. By investigating conversion not as individual experience but as expression of communal visions of history, he shows how the narratives dramatize the conflict of ideas in disputational writing.Trade Review"In this book Ryan Szpiech has brought us a cogently argued, rigorously researched, and thoughtfully constructed theory of conversion narrative in the Middle Ages. His overall argument is compellingly simple: individual narratives of conversion are as much about the histories of religions as they are about the histories of individuals. . . . Szpiech demonstrates this thesis in a series of rigorous, close readings of conversion narratives written by Jews, Christians, and Muslims in an impressive range of languages." * Speculum *"This wide-ranging, erudite study brings a welcome new perspective to the subject of medieval interfaith polemics. . . . Szpiech's impressive analytical and linguistic skills have allowed him to produce a work of singular value, which will undoubtedly open up new lines of research for the future." * Catholic Historical Review *"Szpiech's insightful reading of a variety of conversion narratives produced within the Abrahamic religions between the ninth and the sixteenth century has produced this densely textured and important book which launches the study of conversion into new territory." * The Medieval Review *"A remarkably learned, ambitious, and important study. Conversion and Narrative will make a signal contribution to medieval studies in general, but more particularly to literary studies, intellectual history, and religious studies." * Thomas E. Burman, University of Tennessee *"This impressive book bridges the fields of religious studies and comparative literature in order to produce close and sophisticated readings of conversion narratives from the later Middle Ages across a broad array of languages (Latin, Castilian/Catalan, Arabic, and Hebrew). Very few scholars can move so gracefully among these languages and areas of scholarship while offering insights from the minutiae of philological analysis to high literary theory, reflections on the nature of religion, and notions of the self." * Jonathan Decter, Brandeis University *Table of ContentsNote on Names, Titles, Citations, and Transliteration Introduction: Conversion and History 1. From Peripety to Prose: Tracing the Pauline and Augustinian Paradigms 2. Alterity and Auctoritas: Reason and the Twelfth-Century Expansion of Authority 3. In the Shadow of the Khazars: Narrating the Conversion to Judaism 4. A War of Words: Translating Authority in Thirteenth-Century Polemic 5. The Jargon of Authenticity: Abner of Burgos/Alfonso of Valladolid and the Paradox of Testimony 6. The Supersessionist Imperative: Islam and the Historical Drama of Revelation Conclusion: Polemic as Narrative Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisHistories of the German Dominican order have long presented a grand narrative of its origin, fall, and renewal: a Golden Age at the order''s founding in the thirteenth century, a decline of Dominican learning and spirituality in the fourteenth, and a vibrant renewal of monastic devotion by Dominican Observants in the fifteenth. Dominican nuns are presumed to have moved through a parallel arc, losing their high level of literacy in Latin over the course of the fourteenth century. However, unlike the male Dominican friars, the nuns are thought never to have regained their Latinity, instead channeling their spiritual renewal into mystical experiences and vernacular devotional literature. In Ruling the Spirit, Claire Taylor Jones revises this conventional narrative by arguing for a continuous history of the nuns'' liturgical piety. Dominican women did not lose their piety and literacy in the fifteenth century, as is commonly believed, but instead were urged to reframe their devotTrade Review"In this erudite and original study, Claire Taylor Jones shows convincingly the changing and often surprisingly imaginative role of the Office in the spiritual and institutional lives of Dominican nuns. . . . The archive on which Ruling the Spirit draws is a remarkable testament in itself to Jones's achievement in this book, which blazes new ground in the study of the liturgical cultures of the medieval West." * The Medieval Review *"[A] very impressive achievement that will demand to be taken into consideration in further studies of the region and women's religious life within it." * Reviews in History *"At the focus of Claire Taylor Jones's Ruling the Spirit are not works written by German Dominican nuns but rather texts for these women penned primarily by friars from the early fourteenth to late fifteenth centuries . . . [B]y assuredly emphasising the uniformity of message which underlined these writings, the author shows their vital importance for understanding women's spirituality and notions of reform in the later Middle Ages." * German History *"This important study of medieval liturgical culture focuses on a particular setting but has broad implications for our understanding of liturgy and mysticism, connections between those phenomena, relations between religious women and the men charged with their service and oversight, and pre-Reformation conceptions of reform. It makes a powerful revisionist argument that should lead to discussion in and beyond the study of medieval religion." * The Journal of Religion *"Jones has accomplished a comprehensive and exciting account of women’s devotional life under the Dominican rule in late medieval Germany. The book is delightfully written; not despite but because of its intensity, it is a pleasure to read, and it is worthwhile for the expert and layperson alike." * Seminar *"Jones approaches her texts throughout with analytic rigour and sensitivity. Ruling the Spirit makes a valuable contribution to recent scholarship on late medieval religious reform, challenging assumptions about spiritual decline to argue instead for a continuous tradition of devotion to the liturgy as a deep source of spiritual inspiration. Her insights have wider implications for our understanding of the complex negotiations between the friars and the sisters, and enlarge our knowledge of the rich and expressive creativity of late medieval liturgical cultures." * Journal of Religious History *"Claire Taylor Jones has written a sure-footed, authoritative account of the Divine Office and its importance in Dominican spirituality, especially for German Observant women. Anyone interested in the history of medieval liturgy, the Dominican Order, Observant reform, or more broadly, women's spirituality and mysticism, should read her book." * Barbara Newman, Northwestern University *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. The Office in Dominican Legislation, 1216-1303 Chapter 2. Detachment, Order, and Observance in Johannes Tauler and Heinrich Seuse Chapter 3. Liturgical Devotion and Visionary Order in the Fourteenth-Century Sisterbooks Chapter 4. The Office in Dominican Legislation, 1388-1475 Chapter 5. Contemplative Visualization Versus Liturgical Piety in Johannes Nider Chapter 6. Liturgical Community and Observant Spirituality in the Work of Johannes Meyer Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisThe completion of all thirty-seven volumes of the New Collegeville Bible Commentary means an important new resource is fully available to all who wish to delve more deeply into the word of God. Now the one-volume, hardcover edition brings together every volume into a single, accessible guide to the entire Bible in a convenient and attractive format. This comprehensive resource contains the same expert commentary that characterizes the complete series of individual books. Contributors include some of today's most highly regarded Scripture scholars, as well as some of the freshest young voices in the field. The commentaries, while reflecting the latest in biblical scholarship and study, are written in easy-to-understand language and bring expert insight into the Old and New Testament to Bible study participants, teachers, students, preachers, and all readers of the Bible. Includes full-color maps.Trade ReviewThe scholars contributing to this series offer clear, concise commentaries that are suitable for personal study or preparation for preaching or teaching. This single-volume collection features several maps and a substantial introduction to the Bible, including a discussion of its origins and approaches to its interpretation. Readers looking for a general commentary on the Old Testament books to keep within reach will find this a welcome addition to their libraries.The Bible TodayTable of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Peter Dwyer Abbreviations Introduction to the Bible Gregory W. Dawes The Origins of the Bible The Interpretation of the Bible OLD TESTAMENT Genesis Joan E. Cook, S.C. Exodus Mark S. Smith Leviticus J. Edward Owens, O.SS.T. Numbers Irene Nowell, O.S.B. Deuteronomy J. Edward Owens, O.SS.T. Joshua Roland J. Faley, T.O.R. Judges Roland J. Faley, T.O.R. Ruth Irene Nowell, O.S.B. 1 and 2 Samuel Feidhlimidh T. Magennis 1 and 2 Kings Alice L. Laffey, S.S.D. 1 and 2 Chronicles John C. Endres, S.J. Ezra and Nehemiah Thomas M. Bolin Tobit Irene Nowell, O.S.B. Judith Irene Nowell, O.S.B. Esther Irene Nowell, O.S.B. 1 and 2 Maccabees Daniel J. Harrington, S.J. Job Kathleen M. O’Connor Psalms Dianne Bergant, C.S.A. Proverbs Katherine M. Hayes Ecclesiastes Irene Nowell, O.S.B. Song of Songs Irene Nowell, O.S.B. Wisdom Richard J. Clifford, S.J. Sirach Jeremy Corley Isaiah Leslie J. Hoppe, O.F.M. Jeremiah Pauline A. Viviano Lamentations Irene Nowell, O.S.B. Baruch Pauline A. Viviano Ezekiel Corrine L. Carvalho Daniel Paul V. Niskanen Hosea Carol J. Dempsey, O.P. Joel John J. Collins Amos Carol J. Dempsey, O.P. Obadiah John J. Collins Jonah Irene Nowell, O.S.B. Micah Carol J. Dempsey, O.P. Nahum Carol J. Dempsey, O.P. Habakkuk Carol J. Dempsey, O.P. Zephaniah Carol J. Dempsey, O.P. Haggai John J. Collins Zechariah John J. Collins Malachi John J. Collins NEW TESTAMENT The Gospel According to Matthew Barbara E. Reid, O.P. The Gospel According to Mark Marie Noonan Sabin The Gospel According to Luke Michael F. Patella, O.S.B. The Gospel According to John Scott M. Lewis, S.J. The Acts of the Apostles Dennis Hamm, S.J. The Pauline Letters Vincent M. Smiles The Letter to the Romans Robert J. Karris, O.F.M. The Letters to the Corinthians Maria A. Pascuzzi, C.S.J. The First Letter to the Corinthians Maria A. Pascuzzi, C.S.J. The Second Letter to the Corinthians Maria A. Pascuzzi, C.S.J. The Letter to the Galatians Robert J. Karris, O.F.M. The Letter to the Ephesians Vincent M. Smiles The Letter to the Philippians Vincent M. Smiles The Letter to the Colossians Vincent M. Smiles The First Letter to the Thessalonians Vincent M. Smiles The Second Letter to the Thessalonians Vincent M. Smiles The First Letter to Timothy Terence J. Keegan, O.P. The Second Letter to Timothy Terence J. Keegan, O.P. The Letter to Titus Terence J. Keegan, O.P. The Letter to Philemon Terence J. Keegan, O.P. The Letter to the Hebrews Daniel J. Harrington, S.J. The General Letters Patrick J. Hartin The Letter of James Patrick J. Hartin The First Letter of Peter Patrick J. Hartin The Second Letter of Peter Patrick J. Hartin The Letters of John Scott M. Lewis, S.J. The First Letter of John Scott M. Lewis, S.J. The Second Letter of John Scott M. Lewis, S.J. The Third Letter of John Scott M. Lewis, S.J. The Letter of Jude Patrick J. Hartin The Book of Revelation Catherine A. Cory Contributors Maps

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Book Synopsis A personal, surprising, and heart-warming book wherein two spiritual masters of our time advance the central questions of life and faith. Brother David Steindl-Rast and Father Anselm Grün are figures of hope, people who by the power of their example can offer an orientation in a world that has become too complex to comprehend. The spirituality they radiate is an everyday thing that is nevertheless both profound and vivid. . . . Our conversations, on which this book is based, could be read as a crash course' in Christian spirituality. This book will be an inspiration and an aid to spiritual life for many people of our time, whether they are believers or not. Johannes Kaup From the Introduction Trade Review"The effect of reading this book is extraordinary. There's a sense of warmth and intimacy here that is often lacking in more systematic presentations of theology. It's like being invited to pull up a chair at the breakfast room table where two wise and gentle monks are having a conversation, pondering the deepest thoughts of their hearts. Their conversation draws on insights from the enduring religions of the world as well as from psychology, philosophy, and poetry. But it is all grounded in the real stuff of ordinary, human life. Brother David and Father Anselm delve deeply into places of the human heart that every reader knows well, and you might find yourself marvelling at how well they seem to know and embrace you. The words conversation and conversion share a common root-one conveys friendly intimacy and the other conveys dramatic power. This book conveys both."The Reverend Gary D. Jones, Rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia"Faith beyond Belief presents a compelling blend of scholarly and practical insights, grounded in ancient traditions and texts while also providing fresh approaches to meaning-making in a diverse and global society. The wide-ranging dialogue explores the basic values found at the heart of all religions—gratitude, courage, self-knowledge, forgiveness, compassion—each one oriented toward sustaining positive human relationships. The authors excel at illuminating nuances when they encounter points of tension—from exploring the hidden value of suffering, to reconciling the goals of self-acceptance and self-mastery, to navigating religious and nonreligious approaches to social justice and environmental crises. The result is an impassioned and inspirational book that calls for each of us—no matter our belief system—to connect with the heart of what it means to be human. And furthermore, it points to practical steps toward this noble aim."Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, PhD, Director of the Emory-Tibet Partnership at Emory University"Faith beyond Belief reawakens the ancient form of monastic writing known as a `chapter': brief, condensed writing on a host of topics. Together these two revered, spiritual masters from the Benedictine tradition offer reflections and guidance on the deep-tissue, spiritual topics of our day. Their reflections shimmer with wisdom as they traverse the pathless path of prayer with poise and proclaim it in perfect pitch. Readers will find their gratitude expanding into canyons of receptive reverence for the wisdom and perspective that David Steindl-Rast and Anselm Grün, each in his own way, offer to each one of us."Martin Laird, Author of Into the Silent Land and A Sunlit Absence"This is an extraordinary conversation between two of the most eloquent voices in contemporary Benedictine monasticism. Br. David, whose poetic, prophetic rearticulation of ancient truths has inspired believers and nonbelievers across the globe, and Fr. Anselm, with his prodigious output of practical down-to-earth monastic spirituality, invite us into an intimate colloquy that at times is nothing short of breathtaking in its vision of and for Christianity."Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam., Author of Spirit, Soul, Body"What an inspiring book! I feel humbled and greatly enriched by discovering the pearls of wisdom revealed in these challenging conversations. We meet two spiritual masters speaking from the depths of their hearts and a wealth of experience. The deepest insights of spiritual life are presented here with so much discernment, beauty, and love as well as great simplicity. They open up the treasures of faith beyond all well-worn doctrines, rituals, and beliefs by concentrating on the heart of religion, its life-giving energies, and its eternal message of trust and hope. This book is a precious gift, a real treasure. Let us hope that it will be discovered by many people and give them a deep sense of trust, strength, and joy."Ursula King, University of Bristol, England"Readers are treated in Faith beyond Belief to a unique opportunity to be a `fly on the wall' and listen in on a thought-provoking series of discussions between two of the greatest spiritual writers of our time. This volume presents a wide-ranging array of timely theological, spiritual, and cultural themes that will not leave those already familiar with David Steindl-Rast and Anselm Grün disappointed. Those new to their creative and original engagement with faith, tradition, and dialogue will surely find this a welcome entrée to their respective works."Daniel P. Horan, OFM, Catholic Theological Union, author of The Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton: A New Look at the Spiritual Inspiration of His Life, Thought, and Writing"The fluid and frank conversations and provocative questions lend this book towards usage as supplemental reading for courses about spirituality or mysticism, especially for ungraduated students."Walter Sisto, Catholic Books Review"They really present questions rather than answers. They are seeking to look seriously at their image of God and how it has developed along with their own maturity. This is not a book of answers, but an invitation to wonder. We probably worry too much and wonder too little. Yet it is God who is 'wonder-full.' Those two monks invite us to wonder in our search for God."Simeon Thole, American Benedictine Review

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Book SynopsisSince the early centuries, Christians have held up the saints as models of living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. While the church officially recognizes a relatively small number of saints, the actual roster is infinitely wider. Blessed Among Us explores this eclectic cloud of witnesseslay and religious, single and married, canonized and not, and even non-Christians whose faith and wisdom may illuminate our path. Brought to life in the evocative storytelling of Robert Ellsberg, they inspire the moral imagination and give witness to the myriad ways of holiness. In two stories per day for a full calendar year, Ellsberg sketches figures from biblical times to the present age and from all corners of this worldordinary figures whose extraordinary lives point to the new age in the world to come. Blessed Among Us is drawn from Ellsberg's acclaimed column of the same name in Give Us This Day, a monthly resource for daily prayer published by Liturgical Press. Trade Review“Every single day I read Robert Ellsberg's concise, fascinating, and inspiring lives of the saints in my copy of Give Us This Day. And every single day I am amazed by the astounding lives that have been lived out of love for Christ. Happily, many of these wonderful stories are now gathered together in this marvelous new book, which will guide you through the year with the help of these patrons and companions."James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage "This delightful book reminds us how blessed we are, in every age, to have people of good faith who are called to love and serve people in need. They call us all to a greater purpose."Kathleen Norris, author of The Cloister Walk and Acedia and Me "The diversity of these holy men and women calls out my own gifts, and their total dedication alerts me to put my “yes” into motion for the day. Thank you for being a companion and inspiration for my faith journey!"Carolyn Y. Woo, President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, and author of Working for a Better World "This is not only a classic collection of lives of the saints but also an introduction to many un-canonized holy lives, producing such delightful juxtapositions as St. Nicholas and Mozart, St. Mary Magdalene and Albert Luthuli, St. Monica and Helder Camara. As a reader of Give Us This Day, from which these are drawn, I’ve enjoyed meeting new holy men and women and am now delighted to have them alongside traditional saints of the day. Thank you for this literary treat."Christopher Jamison, OSB, Director of the National Office of Vocation, London, and author of Finding Sanctuary "Saints are the living Word of God, the Word made flesh, but their biographies are often too encrusted within sentimentality and piety to serve as an inspiration for us. Ellsberg gives us their essence in this treasure of a book! Nobody writes better about the lives of the saints than Robert Ellsberg."Ronald Rolheiser OMI, President of the Oblate School of Theology, and author of The Holy Longing and Sacred Fire "It is a challenge to provide inspiration in a brief and daily format. Robert Ellsberg’s writing does so, exposing us to numerous little-known saints, with a generous sprinkling of contemporary saintly lives, his signature contribution. This book is a keeper."Pat Farrell, OSF, Past President of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious

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Book Synopsis How do we hear our prayers? In the words of philosopher Gemma Corradi Fiumara, there can be no saying without hearing, no speaking which is not an integral part of listening, no speech which is not somehow received. Therefore, hearing should be considered an essential aspect of participation in Christian worship. However, although almost all studies of Christian worship attend to the words spoken and sung, almost none consider how worshippers hear in the liturgical event. In Hearing Our Prayers, Juliette Day draws upon insights from liturgical studies, philosophy, psychology, acoustical science, and architectural studies to investigate how acts of audition occur in Christian worship. The book discusses the different listening strategies worshippers use for speech, chant, and music, as well as for silence and noise: why paying attention in church can be so difficult and how what we hear is affected by the buildings in which worship takes place. Day concludes by i

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Book SynopsisDesigned to help spiritual directors and others use expressive arts in the context of spiritual directionTrade Review“I put this at the top of the list as required reading for spiritual directors and spiritual formation classes. The clear, foundational writing introduces ‘art in service to the soul.’ Brimming with multiple art forms, we get to hear the voices of directors and directees who are profoundly affected by the arts. This book is the next best thing to learning directly from such wise, inspiring teachers.”—Cynthia Winton-Henry, cofounder of InterPlay®, author of Dance—A Sacred Art, and What the Body Wants.“We have been far too left-brained, verbal, and linear in our attempts to transform and mature actual people—intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. Here we have two women filling the tragic gap—and beautifully so! Spiritual direction is the growing edge of ministry today and this excellent book will surely direct that growth.”—Father Richard Rohr, O.F.M.“Word, image, music, dance: this book provides a rich vocabulary for entering more deeply into conversation and communion with the One who gives us the arts as path to knowing God.” —Jan Richardson, artist and author, In Wisdom’s Path: Discovering the Sacred in Every Season“… [A]n inspiring and regenerating piece of work that teaches the intrinsic significance of the arts and the value of engaging body, mind and spirit in creative pursuit of awakening the Holy that resides within.”—Rebecca Bradburn Langer, D. Min., Adjunct Faculty, San Francisco Theological Seminary Program in Christian Spirituality, Spiritual Director, Pastor and teacher of supervisors in “Together In The Mystery” with Dr. Maria Tattu Bowen“Replete with exercises, examples, stories, and resources, Awakening the Creative Spirit offers the most comprehensive guide to date on how to develop the ‘spark of divine creativity’ embedded in us all. Those of us engaged in teaching the art of spiritual direction will find in it a beautiful introduction to the arts as the ‘language of the soul.’”—Mary Rose Bumpus, RSM, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Spirituality, School of Theology and Ministry Seattle University“Christine Valters Paintner and Betsey Beckman showcase the gifts of storytelling, imagination, dance, visual art, music, movement, poetry and presence. Through a gentle weaving of their insightful work, with reflections from workshop participants and the community of spiritual directors, the authors prepare a dazzling palette for discovery and deepening.”—Marianne Hieb, RSM, ATR, MFA, D.Min., Director, Lourdes Wellness Spirituality Program, and author of Inner Journeying through Art-Journaling

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Book SynopsisA simple blueprint, based on the Rule of St. Benedict, to order one’s time and create physical and inner space, to step back from the demands and pressures of the moment, and to step into a place of peace.

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