Companion Christian Spirituality

Herausgegeben von Holder, Arthur

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality is acomprehensive single-volume introduction to Christian spirituality,and represents the most significant recent developments in thefield.

Offers a thoroughly interdisciplinary, broadly ecumenical, andrepresentative overview of the most significant recent developmentsin the field

Comprises essays combining rigorous academic scholarship withaccessible and elegant writing

Reflects an understanding of the field as the study of thelived experience of Christian faith and discipleship

Provides material on biblical, historical, and theologicalfoundations, along with treatment of contemporary issues

Produktdetails

• Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 994g
• ISBN-13: 9781444337655
• ISBN-10: 1444337653
• Artikelnr.: 31187240

Autorenporträt

Arthur Holder is Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Christian Spirituality at Graduate Theological Union. A priest of the Episcopal Church, he is the co-translator of Bede: A Biblical Miscellany (1999) and the translator of Bede: On the Tabernacle (1994). He is currently Co-chair of the Christian Spirituality Group of the American Academy of Religion, and serves on the Governing Board of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality and the Editorial Board of the Society's journal Spiritus.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: What is
Christian Spirituality? 1. Approaches to the Study of Christian
Spirituality. Part II: Scripture and Christian Spirituality. 2. The Old
Testament in Christian Spirituality. 3. The New Testament in Christian
Spirituality. Part III: Christian Spirituality in History. 4. Christian
Spirituality during the Roman Empire (100-600). 5. Christian Spirituality
in Byzantium and the East (600-1700). 6. Christian Spirituality in the
Medieval West (600-1450). 7. European Reformations of Christian
Spirituality (1450-1700). 8. Christian Spirituality in Europe and North
America since 1700. 9. Christian Spirituality in Africa, Asia, Latin
America, and Oceania. Part IV: Theology and Christian Spirituality. 10.
Trinitarian Perspectives on Christian Spirituality. 11. Christology in
Christian Spirituality. 12. The Holy Spirit in Christian Spirituality. 13.
Christian Spirituality and the Theology of the Human Person. 14. The Church
as Context for Christian Spirituality. 15. Sacramentality and Christian
Spirituality. 16. Christian Spirituality and Theological Ethics. Part V:
Interdisciplinary Dialogue Partners for the Study of Christian
Spirituality. 17. Social Sciences. 18. Personality Sciences. 19. Natural
Sciences. 20. Aesthetics. 21. Feminist Studies. 22. Ritual Studies. 23.
Theology of Religions. Part VI: Special Topics in Contemporary Christian
Spirituality. 24. Experience. 25. Mysticism. 26. Interpretation. 27.
Nature. 28. Practice. 29. Liberation. 30. Interfaith Encounter. Index.

Rezensionen

"Represents a full survey of the latest research in the field and will form an essential component of academic libraries with theological collections and make a valuable contribution to public libraries with specialist collections in the humanities." (Reference Reviews)

"This is a rich and comprehensive resource not only for theologians but also for ordinands, parish priests and teachers." (New Directions)

'It amounts to the single most thorough treatment of the field to date ... lending the book considerable interest and depth' (The Way)