Philip Sheldrake

Spirituality

A Brief History

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Produktbeschreibung

Engagingly written by one of the world's leading scholars in this field, this comprehensively revised edition tells the story of Christian spirituality from its origins in the New Testament right up to the present day.

Charts the main figures, ideas, images and historical periods, showing how and why spirituality has changed and developed over the centuries
Includes new chapters on the nature and meaning of spirituality, and on spirituality in the 21st century; and an account of the development and main features of devotional spirituality
Provides new coverage of Christian spirituality's relationship to other faiths throughout history, and their influence and impact on Christian beliefs and practices
Features expanded sections on mysticism, its relationship to spirituality, the key mystical figures, and the development of ideas of 'the mystical'
Explores the interplay between culture, geography, and spirituality, taking a global perspective by tracing spiritual developments across continents

Produktdetails

• Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion .
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 108mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9781118472354
• ISBN-10: 1118472357
• Artikelnr.: 36879928

Autorenporträt

Philip Sheldrake is Senior Research Fellow at the Cambridge Theological Federation, UK, regularly a visiting professor in the United States of America, and a former president of the international Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality. He is the author of numerous books including Explorations in Spirituality: History, Theology & Social Practice (2010), Spaces for the Sacred: Place, Memory & Identity (2001), and Living between Worlds: Place and Journey in Celtic Christianity (1997).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface xi 1 What is Spirituality? 1 Origins of the Word "Spirituality" 2
Contemporary Meaning 3 What is Christian Spirituality? 6 Spirituality and
Mysticism 7 The Study of Spirituality 9 Spirituality and History 11
Interpretation 12 Types of Spirituality 15 Periods and Traditions 17
Conclusion: Criteria of Judgment 18 2 Foundations: Scriptures and Early
Church 23 Christian Spirituality and the Scriptures 24 Scriptural Markers
25 Spirituality in the New Testament 27 Spirituality and the Early Church
30 Liturgy 31 Spirituality and Martyrdom 32 Shrines, Devotion, and
Pilgrimage 33 Spirituality and Doctrine 34 Origen 35 Evagrius 36 The
Cappadocians 36 Augustine 37 Pseudo-Dionysius 38 Christian Spirituality as
Transformation and Mission 39 Theories of Spiritual Transformation 41
Conclusion 43 3 Monastic Spiritualities: 300-1150 47 The Emergence of
Monasticism 50 Widows and Virgins 50 Syrian Ascetics 51 Egyptian
Monasticism 52 Wisdom of the Desert 53 Monastic Rules 56 Benedictine
Expansion 59 The New Hermits 61 The Cistercians 63 The Spiritual Values of
Monasticism 65 Spirituality and the Conversion of Europe 67 Local
Spiritualities: Ireland 68 Spirituality in the East 70 Syriac Spirituality
73 Conclusion 74 4 Spirituality in the City: 1150-1450 79 The Gregorian
Reform 80 Apocalyptic Movements 81 The Vita Evangelica 82 Twelfth-Century
Renaissance 83 The Rebirth of Cities 84 Cathedrals and Urban Vision 85 The
City as Sacred 86 Universities as Sacred Space 87 Vita Evangelica and Urban
Sensibilities 88 The Mendicant Movement 89 Dominic, Francis, Clare, and
Bonaventure 90 The Beguines 94 Fourteenth-Century Mysticism 96 Julian of
Norwich 98 Crossing Spiritual Boundaries: The Influence of Islam 100
Devotional Spirituality 101 Spirituality and Eastern Christianity 102 The
Renaissance 104 Conclusion 106 5 Spiritualities in the Age of Reformations:
1450-1700 110 Seeds of Reform: The Devotio Moderna and Christian Humanism
113 The Crisis of Medieval Spirituality 114 Spirituality and the Lutheran
Reformation 115 John Calvin and Reformed Spirituality 117 The Radical
Reformation: Anabaptist Spirituality 118 Anglican Spirituality 120 George
Herbert 121 Puritan Spirituality 124 Early Quakers 125 The Catholic
Reformation 126 The New Orders 126 Ignatius Loyola and Early Ignatian
Spirituality 126 Spirituality Beyond Europe 131 Carmelite Mysticism 133 Lay
Devotion 135 Seventeenth-Century French Spirituality 137 Russian
Spirituality 140 Conclusion 141 6 Spirituality in an Age of Reason:
1700-1900 145 Spirituality in the Roman Catholic Tradition 148 Pietism 150
Wesleyan Spirituality 151 American Puritanism and the Great Awakening 153
Shaker Spirituality 154 Orthodox Spirituality 156 Post-Revolutionary
Catholicism 159 The English Evangelicals 161 The Oxford Movement 164 John
Henry Newman 166 A Distinctive "American Spirituality" 167 Conclusion 170 7
Modernity to Postmodernity: 1900-2000 173 The Impact on Spirituality 175
The Prophetic-Critical Type 175 Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916) 176 Evelyn
Underhill (1875-1941) 177 Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) 179 Simone Weil
(1909-1943) 181 Dorothy Day (1897-1980) 183 Thomas Merton (1915-1968) 184
Spiritualities of Liberation 186 Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928-) 186 Feminist
Spirituality 188 Spiritualities of Reconciliation 190 Ecumenical
Spirituality: The Example of Taizé 192 Spirituality and Inter-Religious
Dialogue: Bede Griffiths 193 Eastern Orthodox Spirituality 195 Making
Spirituality Democratic: The Retreat Movement 197 Making Spirituality
Democratic: Pentecostal and Charismatic Spirituality 199 Conclusion 200 8
Twenty-First Century Trajectories 203 Will Christian Spiritualities
Survive? 203 A Globalized World 205 Cyberspace 206 Inter-Religious
Encounter 208 Christian Spirituality and Secular Spirituality 210
Spirituality, Business, and Economics 210 Spirituality and Healthcare 213
Spirituality and the Meaning of Cities 216 The Spiritual and the Spatial
217 The Spiritual and Urban Virtues 218 Other Factors? 219 The Contemporary
Turn to Practice 220 Conclusion 222 Select Bibliography 223 Select Glossary
232 Index 240

Rezensionen

"This volume would be an excellent text for the upper-level or seminary student. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (Choice, 1 October 2013)

"[Sheldrake's] grasp of the key figures and movements within the western Christian tradition is consistently sure-footed, and the book will be very useful for those seeking an accessible one-volume introduction to the subject by an acknowledged authority ... This is an excellent book and can be safely recommended to students and others alike." Theology (of the previous edition)

"Wonderfully encapsulates the complex manner in which the term spirituality has taken on various meanings within the Christian tradition ... Those who are interested in learning more about the major movements in the Christian tradition are sure to find this book a wonderful introduction into learning more about thinkers who have ardently longed to attain wisdom." The Heythrop Journal (of the previous edition)

"One gets the sense that Sheldrake knows and loves his subject, and more importantly, wants to share his knowledge with others. I strongly recommend this book." Anglican Theological Review (of the previous edition)