TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goggin,Jamin
AU  - Strobel,Kyle
TI  - Reading the Christian spiritual classics: a guide for evangelicals 
SN  - 9781461941620
AV  - BR117 .R35 2013
U1  - 248 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Downers Grove, IL
PB  - IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
KW  - Christian literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Littérature chrétienne
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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