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Book SynopsisRevised and updated, this is a classic on prayer from one of our most popular teachers.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction 91 Lord, teach us how to pray 122 We can pray 223 Prayer is not a lengthy speech 354 The power of shared prayer 485 The alphabet of prayer begins with F for Father 676 God is right here, right now 887 Prayer: it’s not just about us 1018 Prayer: it is about us 1219 We, the forgiven, pass forgiveness around 13610 Come to God, whatever the season 158

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Book SynopsisTwelve papers focus on mysticism as an experience and on the work of individual mystics.The proceedings of the fifth meeting include: studies of medieval mystics in continental Europe; clarification of the nature of Bridgettine spirituality through examination of the thinking that governed the practical details of their daily routine and their religous instruction; analyses of the distinctively creative quality of the writings of Julian of Norwich and of the status of visionary autobiography as a literary genre; comparison between modern philosophical understanding and that of a medieval mystic; enquiry as to what books were available and to whom in fourteenth-century Cambridge; radical questioning of the identity of the translator of the text known as Benjamin Minor traditionally ascribed to the author of the Cloud of Unknowing. Contributors: JOHN CLARK, TARJEI PARK, OLIVER DAVIES, VINCENT GILLESPIE, MAGGIE ROSS, NICHOLAS WATSON, KATHRYN KERBY FULTON, SASKIA MURK JANSEN, ULLA SANDER OLSEN, VERONICA LAWRENCE, GUNNEL CLEVE, SONYA SIKKA, ROGER ELLIS.Trade ReviewVarying approaches and methodologies are imaginatively employed to deal with an array of writers, whose works are in diverse ways germane to the study of mysticism in medieval England... valuable collection. * YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES *Table of ContentsLate 14th-century Cambridge theology and the English contemplative tradition, John Clark; reflecting Christ - the role of the flesh in Walter Hilton and Julian of Norwich, Tarjei Park; transformational processes in the work of Julian of Norwich and Mechtild of Magdeburg, Oliver Davies; the apophatic image - the poetics of effacement in Julian of Norwich, Vincent Gillespie and Maggie Ross; the Trinitarian hermeneutic in Julian of Norwich's "Revelation of Love", Nicholas Watson; "who has written this book?" - visionary autobiography in Langland's C Text, Kathryn Kerby Fulton; the mystical theology of the 13th-century mystic, Hadewijch and its literary expression, Saskia Murk jansen; work and work ethics in 15th-century Syon, Ulla Sander Olsen; Syon MS 18 and the medieval English mystical tradition, Veronica Lawrence; Margery Kempe - a Scandinavian influence in medieval England?, Gunnel Cleve; transcendence in death - a Heideggerian approach to via negativa in "The Cloud of Unknowing", Sonya Sikka; author(s), compilers, scribes and Bible texts - did the "Cloud"-author translate the "Twelve Patriarchs", Roger Ellis.

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Book SynopsisThe Yerushalmi, also known as the Jerusalem Talmud or the Talmud of the Land of Israel, is the lesser known and leser studied of the two Talmuds of Jewish tradition. The talmud that is generally studied, the one that has had the most profound influence on Jewish life and culture, is actually the Bavli, or Babylonian Talmud. These two Talmuds, developed in different parts of the Jewish world nearly two millennia ago, differ in many ways, despite the fact that they are both structured as Jewish oral law as set forth by Rabbi Judah the Prince.The Yerushalmi, famous for its incomprehensibility, consists of hundreds of pages of what Dr. Jacob Neusner calls barely intelligible writing. In The Yerushalmi--The Talmud of the Land of Israel: An Introduction, Dr. Neusner, regarded by some as one of the foremost Jewish scholars today, offers the first clear and careful book-length study of this important document, and he provides the modern reader with a rich understanding of its history, its content, and its significance.As Dr. Neusner explains, The Yerushalmi has suffered an odious but deserved reputation for the difficulty in making sense of its discourse. That reputation is only partly true; there are many passages that are scarcely intelligible. But there are a great many more that are entirely or mainly accessible. In this groundbreaking introduction to the Yerushalmi, Dr. Neusner looks at the Talmud of the Land of Israel as literature and then deals with its three most important topics: the sages, Torah, and history.In his engaging preface, Dr. Neusner invites his readers to think about the excitement generated by the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947. He then compares that significant discovery to the kind of reaction that would be inspired if a document like the Yerushalmi were found in the same kind of hillside cave:Consider in your mind''s eye the sensation such a discovery--the sudden, unanticipated discovery of the Yerushalmi--would cause, the scholarly lives and energies that would flow to the find and its explication...To call the contents of that hillside cave a revolution, to compare them to the finds at Qumran, at the Dead Sea, or at Nag Hammadi, or to any of the other great contemporary discoveries from ancient times, would hardly be deemed an exaggeration. The Yerushalmi is just such a library.The Yerushalmi--The Talmud of the Land of Israel: An Introduction is the third in Dr. Neusner''s series of introductory volumes on classical rabbinic literature.Trade ReviewThe Mishnah: An Introduction "Jacod Neusner, one of the world's foremost mishnaic scholars, explores the logical and literary patterns to be discerned in the complete mishnaic text. His introduction sums up the goal he sets for himself: 'How do you read a book that does not identify its author, tell you where it comes from, or explain why it was written--a book without a preface? And how do you identify a book with neither beginning nor end, lacking the table of contents and title? The answer is you just begin and let the author of the book lead you by paying attention to the information that the author does give, to the signals that the writer sets out'." * gem *The Midrash: An Introduction "Once again, Dr. Neusner has provided a means to understanding Midrash for the layman. That is, to understand Midrash means that one must study the compilations one by one beginning with the early commentators. His work is limited to the early scriptural exegesis through the seventh century, covering both the Mishnah Talmud and the Babylonian Talmud. The work contains introductory selections for each of the principal compilations together with a bibliography of other works by both himself and others. A well-planned and organized volume, this represents ground-breaking material for the would-be student."Table of ContentsPreface Prologue 1. The Yerushalmi as Literature: Many Voices, One Melody 2. The Yerushalmi's Picture of the Sage 3. The Yerushalmi's Doctrine of the Torah 4. The Yerushalmi's Account of History Epilogue Acknowledgments and Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA Cistercian RetreatTrade ReviewThis book delivers on its promise . . . It would be best read slowly, day by day, theme by theme while meditation on its directives over the course of a silent, intensive, solitary retreat. . . . This book is deep and wise.Cistercian Studies QuarterlyHere we have what promises to be a modern classic . . .Antony Grant CR Quarterly Review of the Community of the Resurrection

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Book SynopsisCistercians and CluniacsTrade ReviewSwift would have appreciated it; the monks of Cluny did not.Irish Times

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Book SynopsisIn Praise of the New KnighthoodTable of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 9 TRANSLATOR'S NOTE 29 IN PRAISE OF THE NEW KNIGHTHOOD PROLOGUE 31 CHAPTER ONE A Word of Exhortation 33 CHAPTER TWO On Worldly Knighthood 37 CHAPTER THREE On the New Knighthood 39 CHAPTER FOUR On the Lifestyle of the Knights of the Temple 45 CHAPTER FIVE The Temple of Jerusalem 49 CHAPTER SIX Bethlehem 53 CHAPTER SEVEN Nazareth 55 CHAPTER EIGHT The Mount of Olives and the Valley of Josaphat 59 CHAPTER NINE The Jordan 61 CHAPTER TEN Mount Calvary 63 CHAPTER ELEVEN The Holy Sepulcher 65 CHAPTER TWELVE Bethphage 77 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Bethany 79 SEECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 83 INDEX TO IN PRAISE OF THE NEW KNIGHTHOOD 87 SCRIPTURAL INDEX 91

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Book SynopsisHomilies in Praise of Blessed Mary

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Book SynopsisSpiritual Accompaniment and Spiritual Growth

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Book SynopsisAscetic DiscoursesTrade ReviewThe illuminating introduction to the translation of these twenty-nine monastic discourses written in the mid-fifth century explores scholarly issues . . . this volume is a model for showing how to make a book user-friendly . . . Until this translation appeared, we had only a bit of Abba Isaiah in English (in the translation of the Philokalia), so this work is a welcome addition, made all the more welcome because of the readable translation and useful apparatus.Cistercian Studies Quarterly. . . a hugely important contribution to the canon of desert wisdom. It deserves a wide readership amongst scholars and laypeople. I enjoyed it very much indeed.Mystics QuarterlyThis first complete English translation of the writings of Abba Isaiah is a major contribution to the extant library of desert wisdom from the fifth century of the Christian Era . . .The book itself is a delight to handle and work with, having a pleasingly thorough, through unobtrusive, number of indices (patristic references, scriptural citation, names and subjects). The plethora of references here, and in the body of the text, testify to the importance of Isaiah in the Egyptian and Palestinian Christian world . . . a hugely important contribution to the canon of desert wisdom. It deserves a wide readership amongst scholars and laypeople.Magistra

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Book SynopsisThe Life of Antony constitutes, in the words of patristics scholar Johannes Quasten, 'the most important document of early monasticism.' Here is one volume are translations of the text in the Greek written by Athanasius and in the Coptic. Two short contemporary coptic texts further manifest the powerful influence of 'the father of monks.'Trade ReviewThis translation makes a number of significant early writings about Antony available, and that at a reasonable price. It is very welcome.SobornostDo not miss reading this treasure, giving it as a gift to others, teaching it in Sunday School, or help get it introduced in college Curriculum.Saad Michael Saad Watani

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Book SynopsisThe living link through whom the ascetic principles of hellenistic philosophers passed into monasticism, Evagrius molded christian asceticism through his own works and through his influence on John Cassian, Climacus, Pseudo 'Denis, and Saint Benedict.Trade ReviewEvagrius received the desert traditionabout prayer that had been developed over several generations before him. But he was the first to organize it into a coherent system.Coptic Church Review

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Book SynopsisSermons on Conversion

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Book SynopsisMediation and the Immediate God pursues a long-debated question: How can we say both that God has a direct relationship with each Christian, and that He uses others in order to bring us to health and glory?

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Book SynopsisRoxanne Brant shares the keys to overcoming your own limitations in ministry and to tapping into the power of God.

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