{"product_id":"spirituality-9781118472354","title":"Spirituality","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngagingly written by one of the world   s leading scholars in this field, this comprehensively revised edition tells the story of Christian spirituality from its origins in the New Testament right up to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This volume would be an excellent text for the upper-level or seminary student. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals\/practitioners.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[Sheldrake's] grasp of the key figures and movements within the western Christian tradition is consistently sure-footed, and the book will be very useful for those seeking an accessible one-volume introduction to the subject by an acknowledged authority ... This is an excellent book and can be safely recommended to students and others alike.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (of the previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Wonderfully encapsulates the complex manner in which the term spirituality has taken on various meanings within the Christian tradition … Those who are interested in learning more about the major movements in the Christian tradition are sure to find this book a wonderful introduction into learning more about thinkers who have ardently longed to attain wisdom.”  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Heythrop Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (of the previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“One gets the sense that Sheldrake knows and loves his subject, and more importantly, wants to share his knowledge with others. I strongly recommend this book.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnglican Theological Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (of the previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 What is Spirituality? 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins of the Word “Spirituality” 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Meaning 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is Christian Spirituality? 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality and Mysticism 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Study of Spirituality 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality and History 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpretation 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTypes of Spirituality 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeriods and Traditions 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Criteria of Judgment 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Foundations: Scriptures and Early Church 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian Spirituality and the Scriptures 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScriptural Markers 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality in the New Testament 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality and the Early Church 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiturgy 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality and Martyrdom 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShrines, Devotion, and Pilgrimage 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality and Doctrine 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigen 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvagrius 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cappadocians 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAugustine 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePseudo-Dionysius 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian Spirituality as Transformation and Mission 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheories of Spiritual Transformation 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Monastic Spiritualities: 300–1150 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emergence of Monasticism 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWidows and Virgins 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyrian Ascetics 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEgyptian Monasticism 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWisdom of the Desert 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMonastic Rules 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBenedictine Expansion 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Hermits 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cistercians 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spiritual Values of Monasticism 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality and the Conversion of Europe 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal Spiritualities: Ireland 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality in the East 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyriac Spirituality 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Spirituality in the City: 1150–1450 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Gregorian Reform 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApocalyptic Movements 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eVita Evangelica \u003c\/i\u003e82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwelfth-Century Renaissance 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rebirth of Cities 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCathedrals and Urban Vision 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe City as Sacred 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUniversities as Sacred Space 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVita Evangelica \u003c\/i\u003eand Urban Sensibilities 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mendicant Movement 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDominic, Francis, Clare, and Bonaventure 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beguines 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFourteenth-Century Mysticism 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJulian of Norwich 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrossing Spiritual Boundaries: The Influence of Islam 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevotional Spirituality 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality and Eastern Christianity 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Renaissance 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Spiritualities in the Age of Reformations: 1450–1700 110\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeds of Reform: The \u003ci\u003eDevotio Moderna \u003c\/i\u003eand Christian Humanism 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Crisis of Medieval Spirituality 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality and the Lutheran Reformation 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Calvin and Reformed Spirituality 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Radical Reformation: Anabaptist Spirituality 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnglican Spirituality 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Herbert 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePuritan Spirituality 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Quakers 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Catholic Reformation 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Orders 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIgnatius Loyola and Early Ignatian Spirituality 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality Beyond Europe 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarmelite Mysticism 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLay Devotion 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeventeenth-Century French Spirituality 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRussian Spirituality 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Spirituality in an Age of Reason: 1700–1900 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality in the Roman Catholic Tradition 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePietism 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWesleyan Spirituality 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Puritanism and the Great Awakening 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShaker Spirituality 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrthodox Spirituality 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-Revolutionary Catholicism 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe English Evangelicals 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Oxford Movement 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Henry Newman 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Distinctive “American Spirituality” 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Modernity to Postmodernity: 1900–2000 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impact on Spirituality 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Prophetic-Critical Type 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharles de Foucauld (1858–1916) 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvelyn Underhill (1875–1941) 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimone Weil (1909–1943) 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDorothy Day (1897–1980) 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Merton (1915–1968) 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpiritualities of Liberation 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGustavo Gutiérrez (1928–) 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeminist Spirituality 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpiritualities of Reconciliation 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcumenical Spirituality: The Example of Taizé 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality and Inter-Religious Dialogue: Bede Griffiths 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEastern Orthodox Spirituality 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking Spirituality Democratic: The Retreat Movement 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking Spirituality Democratic: Pentecostal and Charismatic Spirituality 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Twenty-First Century Trajectories 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWill Christian Spiritualities Survive? 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Globalized World 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCyberspace 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInter-Religious Encounter 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian Spirituality and Secular Spirituality 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality, Business, and Economics 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality and Healthcare 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirituality and the Meaning of Cities 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spiritual and the Spatial 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spiritual and Urban Virtues 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Factors? 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Contemporary Turn to Practice 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Glossary 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 240\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406876189015,"sku":"9781118472354","price":23.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118472354.jpg?v=1730497416","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spirituality-9781118472354","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}