David B. Perrin

eBook, ePUB

Studying Christian Spirituality (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

This book provides a new introduction to the study of Christian spirituality, exploring it through the human sciences and ranging from philosophy and hermeneutics to psychology, history, sociology and anthropology.

Systematic and progressive, it introduces the key approaches and shows how they relate to the understanding, study and practice of spirituality. Covering a vast amount of ground - from traditional themes such as images of God, spiritual direction and pilgrimage to more contemporary issues, such as place and space, cyberspace and postcolonialism - the author takes an ecumenical, inclusive stance, allowing the book to be used in a wide variety of courses and across denominations.

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Autor

David B. Perrin is President of St. Jerome's University, Waterloo, Ontario, is a former Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, and is a former President (2005-6) of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134159147
• Artikelnr.: 38260713

Rezensionen

"I am not aware of any work in English which is better suited to the task of getting everyone in the field of Christian spirituality 'on the same page' in the ongoing discussion of what we are studying, how we - individually and collectively - are pursuing that study and why, and what we hope to accomplish. Studying Christian Spirituality, second edition, is breathtaking in scope. It is a continuation, updating, and augmenting of the foundational material in the first edition, as well as an expansion of and contribution to the ongoing conversation about the nature, subject matter, methods, purposes, and desired outcomes of current work in this field."

Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM, STD, Professor Emerita of New Testament and Spirituality, Santa Clara University, USA

Praise for the Previous Edition

"Readers looking for a comprehensive introduction to the contemporary study of Christian Spirituality will be well served by David Perrin's Studying Christian Spirituality. This volume offers an ecumenical, interdisciplinary, and thoroughly referenced guide to both method and content in this academic discipline. Perrin knows the issues and the literature as well as anyone in the field, and he clearly writes out of his rich experience of creative teaching and spiritual practice."

Arthur Holder, Professor of Christian Spirituality, Graduate Theological Union, USA