Spiritual Classics: Selected Readings on the Twelve Spiritual Disciplines
- ISBN-10
- 0060628723
- ISBN-13
- 9780060628727
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-05
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Authors
- Richard J. Foster, Renovare, Emilie Griffin
Description
The Brightest Lights of the Christian Tradition St. Augustine, Thomas Merton, Fredrick Buechner, Evelyn Underhill, A.W. Tozer, G.K. Chesterton, Thomas More, Martin Luther King, Jr., Amy Carmichael, Simone Weil, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Hildegard of Bingen, John Milton, Dorothy Day, Leo Tolstoy, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and more. . . From nearly two thousand years of Christian writing comes Spiritual Classcs,fifty–two selections complete with a profile of each author, guided meditations for group and individual use, and reflections containing questions and exercises. Editors Richard Foster and Emilie Griffith offer their expertise by selecting inspirational writings and including their own commentary and recommendations for further guided reading and exploration.
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