The Bloomsbury Guide to Christian Spirituality Book

Introduction: What is Christian Spirituality - Peter Tyler PART ONE: The Building Blocks Biblical Spirituality Origins and Scope - Gerald O'Collins sj
(Gregorian University, Rome, Italy) The Mystical - pure Dionysianism and Affective Dionysianism. The tradition - Bernard McGinn (Chicago, US) Desert Spirituality. The Evagrian/Cassian tradition. - Benedicta Ward (Oxford University, UK) The Experiential/Charismatic - Mark Cartledge PART TWO: Schools of Spirituality Augustinian Approaches - Thomas Martin OSA (Villanova, USA) Speculative Spirituality. The Scholastics. St Thomas.
Richard Woods op (Oxford, UK and Chicago, USA) Poverty and Spirituality. St Francis - Alban McCoy (Cambridge, UK) The Reformers. Luther + - Rowan Williams (Oxford, UK and Cambridge, UK) Monastic Spirituality - Abbot Christopher Jamieson Orthodox Spirituality - Robin Gibbons (St Mary's University, Strawberry Hill, UK) PART THREE: Spirituality in Action Spirituality in Action. The Role of Ignatius - Philip Endean sj (Campion Hall, Oxford, UK) Politics and Spirituality (relation to social ethics) - Michael Kirwan sj (Heythrop College, London, UK) In Dialogue with other Faiths - Bede, Griffiths, Thomas Merton - Michael Barnes sj (Heythrop, UK) Spiritual Direction and Guidance - Peter Tyler and Michael Hayes (Strawberry Hill, UK) Liturgical Spirituality - Robin Gibbons (Strawberry Hill, UK) PART FOUR: Contemporary Issues in Spirituality Gender: Masculine and Feminine. Beguines, Julian of Norwich - Bernadette Flanigan (UCD, Ireland) Art and Spirituality - Charles Pickstock Indigenous Spirituality Celtic, Native American - Tom O'Loughlin (University of Nottingham, UK) Spirituality and Creation and Ecospirituality - Mary Grey (Strawberry Hill, UK) Bibliography (Extensive) Further Reading Glossary Indexes