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Reading the Christian spiritual classics : a guide for evangelicals / edited by Jamin Goggin and Kyle Strobel.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, IL : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (332 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781461941620
  • 1461941628
  • 9780830895496
  • 0830895493
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reading the Christian spiritual classicsDDC classification:
  • 248 23
LOC classification:
  • BR117 .R35 2013
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Why should we read spiritual classics? / Steve L. Porter -- Temptations in reading spiritual classics / John H. Coe -- The value of spiritual classics in soul care / Betsy Barber -- The schools of Christian spirituality / Evan B. Howard -- Spiritual theology: a historical overview / Greg Peters -- Engaging classic literature : genre, use, value / James M. Houston -- Reading Catholic spirituality / Bruce Demarest -- Reading Orthodox spirituality / James R. Payton Jr. -- Reading spiritual classics as evangelical Protestants / Fred Sanders -- The Church Fathers and Mothers / Michael Glerup -- The Desert Fathers / Gerald L. Sittser -- The medieval traditions / Greg Peters -- The Reformation traditions / Timothy George -- The Puritan and Pietistic traditions / Tom Schwanda.
Summary: 2014 Best Book of Spirituality-Academic, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds BookstoreEver since Richard Foster wrote Celebration of Discipline in 1978, evangelicals have hungered for a deeper and more historic spirituality. Many have come to discover the wealth of spiritual insight available in the Desert Fathers, the medieval mystics, German Pietism and other traditions. While these classics have been a source of life-changing renewal for many, still others are wary of these texts and the foreign theological traditions from which they come. The essays in this volume provide a guide f.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)635960

Includes bibliographical references.

Why should we read spiritual classics? / Steve L. Porter -- Temptations in reading spiritual classics / John H. Coe -- The value of spiritual classics in soul care / Betsy Barber -- The schools of Christian spirituality / Evan B. Howard -- Spiritual theology: a historical overview / Greg Peters -- Engaging classic literature : genre, use, value / James M. Houston -- Reading Catholic spirituality / Bruce Demarest -- Reading Orthodox spirituality / James R. Payton Jr. -- Reading spiritual classics as evangelical Protestants / Fred Sanders -- The Church Fathers and Mothers / Michael Glerup -- The Desert Fathers / Gerald L. Sittser -- The medieval traditions / Greg Peters -- The Reformation traditions / Timothy George -- The Puritan and Pietistic traditions / Tom Schwanda.

Print version record.

2014 Best Book of Spirituality-Academic, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds BookstoreEver since Richard Foster wrote Celebration of Discipline in 1978, evangelicals have hungered for a deeper and more historic spirituality. Many have come to discover the wealth of spiritual insight available in the Desert Fathers, the medieval mystics, German Pietism and other traditions. While these classics have been a source of life-changing renewal for many, still others are wary of these texts and the foreign theological traditions from which they come. The essays in this volume provide a guide f.