The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality [Paperback]

• Offers a thoroughly interdisciplinary, broadly ecumenical, and representative overview of the most significant recent developments in the field
  
• Comprises essays combining rigorous academic scholarship with accessible and elegant writing
  
• Reflects an understanding of the field as the study of the lived experience of Christian faith and discipleship
  
• Provides material on biblical, historical, and theological foundations, along with treatment of contemporary issues

Acknowledgments.

Introduction (Arthur Holder, Graduate Theological Union).

Part I: What is Christian Spirituality?

1. Approaches to the Study of Christian Spirituality (Sandra M. Schneiders, Graduate Theological Union).

Part II: Scripture and Christian Spirituality.

2. The Old Testament in Christian Spirituality (Barbara Green, Graduate Theological Union).

3. The New Testament in Christian Spirituality (Bonnie Thurston, ordained minister).

Part III: Christian Spirituality in History.

4. Christian Spirituality during the Roman Empire (100–600) (Columba Stewart, Saint John’s School of Theology).

5. Christian Spirituality in Byzantium and the East (600–1700) (John A. McGuckin, Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University).

6. Christian Spirituality in the Medieval West (600–1450) (Ulrike Wiethaus, Wake Forest University).

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