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Track of the Mystic
Examines how Jessica Powers integrated her life and time in history with her religious experience to produce a mystical poetry and spiritual vision.
Hidden Women of the Gospels
A shepherdess who raced to the manger...a bride who saw Jesus turn water into wine...these are among the more than twenty rich imaginings of women hinted at in the Gospels, whose stories will enthrall and inspire.
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Perspectives on Self and Community in George Eliot
This text contains eight essays on the theme of perspective and perception in several of George Eliot's novels.
Soul Wilderness
This powerful book draws on the tradition of the prophet emerging from the wasteland to help waken the mystic within each of us, guide our modern spiritual journey into our own inner desert, and there to have a direct experience of God.
Roots of Transformation
The call towards transformation lies at the heart of the Christian message. It is a call to create something beautiful that bears all the hallmarks of the kingdom of heaven. The journey towards transformation however is a demanding one, requiring us to engage in a process of negotiation with a number of key issues. These issues cluster around the themes of Narrative, Permission, Discomfort, Culture, Language, Other, and Silence. This book explores these themes in the company of brave individuals who have shared their own stories as well as some significant thinkers who have already left their mark on our world.
The Carmelite Tradition
Eight hundred years ago, Albert of Jerusalem gave the hermit-penitents of Mount Carmel a way of life to follow. Since then, this rule has inspired and formed mystics and scholars, men and women, lay and ordained to seek the living God. In The Carmelite Tradition Steven Payne, OCD, brings together representative voices to demonstrate the richness and depth of Carmelite spirituality. As he writes, Carmelite spirituality seeks nothing more nor less than to 'stand before the face of the living God' and prophesy with Elijah, to 'hear the word of God and keep it' with Mary, to grow in friendship with God through unceasing prayer with Teresa, to 'become by participation what Christ is by nature' as...
Carmelite Spirituality in the Teresian Tradition
This book is a revised edition of the classic overview of the principal texts, themes, and teachings of Carmel: Elijah and Mary, the Rule of St. Albert, the Carmelite understanding of prayer, and the message of Sts. Teresa, John of the Cross, and Thérèse. Carmel is known above all for her priceless heritage of spirituality. For centuries, in the spirit of Elijah and the ancient prophets, Carmelites have sought to encounter the living God and to teach others the ways of prayer. In sixteenth-century Spain, Saint Teresa of Avila brought renewed vitality to this religious family by inaugurating a reform movement that became known as the Discalced Carmelites, a new and fruitful branch on an anc...
Consecrated Spirits
Consecrated Spirits is an anthology of spiritual writings by women religious from the earliest times to the present day. It includes many illustrious figures from religious life - Clare of Assisi, Catherine of Siena, Julian of Norwich and, from our own day, Wendy Beckett, Joan Chittister and Helen Prejean. Some of its hitherto little known representatives left an extraordinary legacy of writings and many are translated here for the first time The book includes prayers, meditations, expositions, autobiography, spiritual advice, and reflections from many perspectives on love, humility, peace, healing and that depth of faith which Sister Wendy Beckett has described as `the enormous inner streng...
