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What have we learned in the last 50 years about Jesus of Nazareth? And what does he offer to the majority of humanity who struggle for life? In this volume, renowned writers from around the globe share the responses to these questions of their communities.

Provides the single most thorough history of the influence of Spain on Christian mysticism during the Reformation. This is a complete treatment of the subject, including extensive notes and references. Unlike general histories that have been written about the Reformation, McGinn's volume is rich in detail and provides a fascinating and intelligent review of mysticism in early Spain.

Written That You May Believe has quickly become a standard text for the feminist-informed study of the Gospel of John. This revised edition, enriched with new chapters from Sandra Schneiders and a study guide prepared by John C. Wronski, offers new ways to nourish faith through the rich symbolism of the Gospel of John and an invitation to "dwell in" the liberating truth of Jesus.

"All around the world a resurgence of Christian contemplative living is creating a new framework for spirituality inside and outside of formal religion. Building on and expanding from the thoughts and works of such as Richard Rohr, Thomas Keating, Tilden Edwards, Laurence Freeman, and other founding members of the modern contemplative movement, a new movement carries on the work of their mentors. This collection brings together the diverse voices who have emerged as new leaders of the contemplative movement. Exploring a multitude of themes, such as silence, imagination, meditation, embodiment, community and social action, this volume introduces the new voices who reflect globally on the gifts, challenges, differences and commonalities of Christian contemplation today for communities and people of faith."

The seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson (1902-1994) was perhaps the twentieth century's most well-known Jewish religious leader. This book, the fruit of the author's exhaustive research, closely examines Rabbi Schneerson's substantive corpus and identifies the cohesive educational theory that underlies it.

Narrates a reflexive account of the ""doing"" of contextual theology at the Jesuit School of Theology (JST) of Santa Clara University. The collection explores practicing contextual theology in the classroom and beyond, in service, international immersions, interreligious dialogue, and mission.

The Jewish mystical tradition embodies an intersection of the particular and the universal that speaks to wider crises in the governing assumptions of western culture and scientific disciplines. The essays in this colllection exemplify the kind of radical interdisciplinarity that can move through these crises and beyond them.

Original edition published as: The discernment of spirits: an Ignatian guide for everyday living. New York: Crossroad Pub. Co., c2005. This edition updated.

Offers a study of Julian of Norwich's doctrine of grace. The thesis of the book is that Julian of Norwich developed a sophisticated, multifaceted doctrine of grace that reflected a profound knowledge of the theological tradition; at the same time resisting the dominant theological tradition and its established socio-political alignments.

The first English translation of the ground-breaking study by the German medical doctor, psychotherapist and mystic Carl Albrecht (1902-1965), first published as Psychologie des Mystischen Bewusstseins. The book offers the results of Albrecht's meticulous long-term empirical research into mystical consciousness.

Rethinks the soteriological premises of the Christian discourse on interreligious dialogue and makes an effort to overcome the conventional typology'exclusivism-inclusivism-pluralism. From a hermeneutic perspective, the author sets out to find the answer to this predicament in Jesus' life, message, and practice.

Fr. Grosjean has listened intensely to youth, and in engaging ways speaks to the heart of love, both a gift from God, and a challenge. This book stands out because it speaks directly to the practice of love, and so its text is simple but powerful.

Deals with the central practices of the founder of Hasidism, Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov - known as the Besht - and its sources in the Safedian Kabbalah of Rabbi Moses Corovero.

The author with her unsurpassed ability as a writer and teacher shows how we can only help others once we learn to love ourselves.

The editor of the magisterial Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils provides the best overview of the councils available in English. Tanner covers the history of conciliar teaching, from the early and medieval councils to the Second Vatican Council, showing their abiding importance in the life of the church.

A wholly revised and updated edition of the book widely read by professional counselors as well as those who do the work of counselors, such as ministers, teachers, and nurses.

A profound resource for psychology, spiritual direction, and pastoral integration. Renowned author May discusses the role of self-compassion and self-care in mental health. In this new edition, he also adds material on the intersection of psychology and spirituality, with expanded discussions of trust, solitude, and prayer.

An influential philosopher sheds light on the truth, beauty, and wisdom of Christianity through insights and stories from Buddhist, Hindu, and other Eastern spiritual traditions. Beatrice Bruteau offers perspectives and practices from Eastern wisdom sources that have parallels in Christianity so that Christians can adapt or adopt them and deepen their own experiences. She also presents challenging ideas from the East that are at variance with usual Christian beliefs in order to stimulate fresh thinking and new insights. Throughout, she interweaves views and techniques from the East with familiar Christian stories and worship to turn the Christian jewel to new angles of brilliance and glow.

Mundy encourages and teaches us to listen to our inner guide, the "still small voice" that speaks for God within us all. Mundy has written a beautiful guide to the Guide who brings peace, assurance and understanding.

Explores the roots of the post-truth phenomenon. The book's intent is to provide the philosophical world with a phantasm in which it can see not just the what of'historical engineering, but the why: to show the flaws of modern philosophy itself.

A tour-de-force of new investigation, scholarly rigour, storytelling, and humour. In this authoritative work, Mark Massa tells the astonishing story of how a supposedly tolerant American culture has prejudged members of their largest religious group, and how the profound differences between Catholics and non-Catholics explain this animosity.

This saga opens with the mutiny of captured Africans on the Amistad in 1839, follows the path of missionaries who risked their lives to plant schools among emancipated slaves in the South, and culminates with the testimonies of descendants of those who were freed.

Before Nouwen became a bestselling spiritual author in his own right, he wrote a book on Trappist monk Thomas Merton and the enteral truths of the spiritual life.

The author introduces the reader to the vision of the Franciscan way of living, where joy, not dry theology helps us build relationships and find peace in ourselves.

A Vatican-censured former priest, tells the history of the papacy from the point of view of the women, radicals, and marginalized who have been betrayed by conservative historians. This survey of key popes documents the evolution of the papacy from its beginning to all its monarchical trappings in our own day.

Offers a theological exploration of a huge change of mind: the change which the apostolic group underwent as a result of the Resurrection - and how that paradigm can transform the world today. Making use of the thought of Rene Girard, the author shows how the God who was revealed by Jesus subverted the violent language, imagery and expectations of the early Christians.

Near death experiences are not that new, but never has a doctor working in Lourdes, and enlightened by deep respect for science and a faithful understanding of the 2,000 year-old Catholic approach to life developed such coherent, hopeful explanations. The task of the Lourdes medical office is to document and evaluate miracles and other supernatural experiences scientifically. Dr. Theillier has worked at that office for many years, and has witnessed countless spiritual and supernatural experiences, near-death experience among them. In this well-founded and well-written book he details such experience both from a scientific perspective, and also shows that Catholic understanding has a place and acceptance of near-death experiences. This is the first book to show this. Near death experiences have been more talked about in secular and new age than in Christian circles. Dr. Theillier shows that they are not at all at odds with the teaching of the Church; on the contrary the Catholic Church with its millennia of experiences of spiritual realities beyond what we see has an important contribution to make to our deeper understanding this widespread phenomenon.

Timothy Gallagher has focused his entire adult life to studying and teaching Ignatian spirituality. For decades he has made it the focus of his work to guide spiritual directors in the rich Ignatian discipline which currently is experiencing a remarkable renaissance far beyond the Catholic realm. Out of this work grew the Handbook for Spiritual Directors which will make Fr. Gallagher's extraordinary teaching available to Fr. Gallagher's growing audience around the world. This book helps spiritual directors guide the process of Ignatian discernment in a very practical and yet profoundly spiritual way. Spiritual directors receive few requests more often, and more demanding than that of helping a person discern God's will in life's taxing decisions. With this handbook, Fr. Gallagher has provided the means necessary for responding to and helping with this request. For those spiritual directors trained in Ignatian spirituality this book offers to become an essential companion, and for those who want to learn this form of discernment this book will provide the foundation for understanding and learning this age-old, proven process for discerning the will of God.

Many of the controversial religious debates of our day grow out of disagreements about how to interpret scripture correctly. Is it a historical or theological text? How do we address the apparent contradictions? In Anglican Approaches to Scripture, Greer shows the multi-layered Anglican tradition of what scripture is and how it is to be interpreted.

In this first volume of the highly-acclaimed Presence of God series, Bernard McGinn explores the origins of Christian mysticism, from early Jewish apocalyptic writings to pre-Christian Greek contemplative thought; the New Testament witnesses; early Greek Patristic thought; and the contribution of early monastic practice.