The Story of Christian Spirituality: Two Thousand Years, from East to West
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (615 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0800632893 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Beautifully illustrated throughout, The Story of Christian Spirituality is a readable and vivid guide to the spiritual riches of one of the world's most influential religions.
"Surveys two thousand years of the diverse Christian movement" according to Midwest Book Review. The Story Of Christian Spirituality surveys two thousand years of the diverse Christian movement, with its evolving history and theology in terms of the spiritual heritage of the Christian faith, from East to West. The contributors present a full, fascinating, and informative portrait of humanity's desire for the dive across the centuries. The Story Of Christian Spirituality highlights the contributions of ke. As one who owns countless books and articles on spirituality As one who owns countless books and articles on spirituality I must say this is the must definitive and comprehensive work in this field. It should be reprinted.. D. Green said Good Read. Covered the necessary points in the history of Christian Spirituality w/o laboring the reader with points of endless and repetitive minutiae.
From Publishers Weekly This art-driven, coffee-table survey is comprised of 10 discrete sections of uneven caliber; it offers, nonetheless, a rewarding introduction to the varieties of Christianity. On the other hand, John McGuckin offers a enjoyable foray into the spiritual legacy of the Eastern Christian tradition, by way of brief entries concerning the lives and writings of such formidable religious thinkers as Basil of Caesarea (c. 700). Numerous exquisite color illustrations grace these pages, and it is unfortunate that this lavish display is not better utilized to augment the written documents of Christian spirituality. The book's tantalizing tastes of a vast array of Christian literature may, however, seduce readers into sampling fuller versions of the texts presented, surely reason enough to go digging here. 1225-74), who, he contends, "quietly corrected much of the work of his predecessors," and about whose spirituality he writes nothing at all. It is i