{"product_id":"spirituality-a-brief-history-hardback-9780470673522","title":"Spirituality; A Brief History (Hardback) 9780470673522","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpirituality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Brief History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The best available introduction to a fascinating subject. This new edition expands the geographical coverage to Asia, Africa, and Latin America, with new material on apocalyptic movements, Eastern Christianity, and the historical development of spiritual practices. No one can match Sheldrake for a winning combination of accuracy, comprehensiveness, and lively writing.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur Holder,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGraduate Theological Union\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Sheldrake (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470673522, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 March 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e262 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.6 x 1.6 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCharts the main figures, ideas, images and historical periods, showing how and why spirituality has changed and developed over the centuries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes new chapters on the nature and meaning of spirituality, and on spirituality in the 21st century; and an account of the development and main features of devotional spirituality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides new coverage of Christian spirituality’s relationship to other faiths throughout history, and their influence and impact on Christian beliefs and practices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures expanded sections on mysticism, its relationship to spirituality, the key mystical figures, and the development of ideas of ‘the mystical’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the interplay between culture, geography, and spirituality, taking a global perspective by tracing spiritual developments across continents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 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