Spirituality And Mysticism : A Global view

Foreword by Peter Phan ix Preface xi 1. What Is Spirituality? 1(20) The Root Meaning of Spirituality 1(3) Three Ways of Describing or Defining Spirituality 4(3) What Is Mysticism? 7(3) The Study of Spirituality 10(9) Research 11(4) Interpretation 15(1) History 16(1) Dialectic 17(1) Four Further Functional Specialities 18(1) Questions for Reflection 19(1) Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 20(1) 2. Biblical Spirituality 21(22) The Spirituality of the First Testament 22(4) The Spirituality of the New Testament 26(4) Three Paradigms for Interpreting the Bible 30(11) The Premodern Paradigm 31(3) The Modern Paradigm 34(3) The Postmodern Paradigm 37(3) Personal Readings of Scriptural Texts 40(1) Questions for Reflection 41(1) Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 42(1) 3. Martyrs and Other Witnesses in the Early Church 43(19) The Spirituality of the Early Christian Communities 44(5) The Spirituality of the Early Martyrs 49(5) Clement of Alexandria and Origen 54(6) Questions for Reflection 60(1) Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 60(2) 4. The Beginnings of the Monastic Movement 62(24) Antony of Egypt 63(2) Pachomius 65(3) The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers 68(3) Basil the Great 71(2) John Cassian 73(8) Benedict of Nursia 81(2) Questions for Reflection 83(1) Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 84(2) 5. The Patristic Era 86(25) Ephrem the Syrian 87(2) The Book of Steps 89(3) Gregory of Nyssa and Macrina 92(5) John Chrysostom 97(2) Augustine of Hippo 99(6) Dhuoda 105(2) Nubia and Ethiopia 107(2) Questions for Reflection 109(1) Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 109(2) 6. Spiritual Renewal in the Medieval West and East 111(27) The Cistercians: Bernard of Clairvaux 112(2) The Mendicants: Dominic, Thomas Aquinas, and Francis and Clare of Assisi 114(6) The Beguines and Meister Eckhart 120(6) Julian of Norwich 126(3) The Icons of the Eastern Church 129(3) The Hesychasts: Symeon the New Theologian and Gregory Palamas 132(3) Questions for Reflection 135(1) Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 135(3) 7. Reformation Spirituality, Protestant and Roman Catholic 138(27) Lutheran Spirituality: Martin Luther and Dietrich Bonhoeffer 139(6) The Spirituality of John Calvin 145(3) Anglican Spirituality: The Book of Common Prayer and Evelyn Underhill 148(4) Ignatian Spirituality: Ignatius of Loyola and Karl Rahner 152(4) Carmelite Spirituality: Teresa of Avila and Thérèse of Lisieux 156(6) Questions for Reflection 162(1) Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 163(2) 8. Asian Christian Spirituality 165(22) Indian Christian Spiritualities: Abhishiktananda and Bede Griffiths 168(6) Japanese Christian Spiritualities: Kazoh Kitamori and Shusaku Endo 174(5) Filipino Christian Spirituality: Mary John Mananzan 179(6) Questions for Reflection 185(1) Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 185(2) 9. African Christian Spirituality 187(20) African Traditional Religion 188(4) Christian Spirituality in Sub-Saharan Africa 192(12) Liturgical Inculturation 194(5) The Struggle for Justice 199(3) The Independent Churches 202(2) Questions for Reflection 204(1) Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 205(2) 10. Christian Spirituality in the Americas 207(27) Liberation Spirituality: Gustavo Gutierrez 207(9) Feminist Spirituality: Sandra Schneiders, Jacquelyn Grant, and Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz 216(7) Affective Spirituality: Jonathan Edwards and Pentecostalism 223(5) Contemplative Prayer: Thomas Merton 228(3) Questions for Reflection 231(1) Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 232(2) Selected Annotated Bibliography 234(3) Index 237