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  LIMEX Course 828
History of Christian Spirituality

LIMEX Curriculum Bibliography

Required Readings:

Aumann, Jordan. Christian Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1986. ISBN# 0-8987-0068-X. (Order at www.ignatius.com or by calling 800-651-1531.)

Harvey Egan. An Anthology of Christian Mysticism. 2nd. ed. Collegeville, MN:
Liturgical, 1996. ISBN# 0-8146-6012-6.

*St. Benedictus, Abbot of Monte Cassino. The Rule of Benedict. Trans. Anthony Meisel and M.L. Del Mastro. New York: Image, 1975. ISBN# 0-3850-0948-8.

*Other versions are acceptable.

Additional Sources:

Bowe, Barbara. Biblical Foundations of Spirituality. Lanham, MD: Sheed and Ward / Rowman and Littlefield, 2003. ISBN# 0-7425-3156-2.


Davies, Oliver, trans. and Introduction. Celtic Spirituality. New York: Paulist, 2000. ISBN# 0-8091-3894-8.

Downey, Michael, ed. The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1993. ISBN# 0-8146-5525-4.

Flinders, Carol Lee. Enduring Grace: Living Portaits of Women Mystics. San Francisco: Harper, 1993. ISBN# 0-0606-2645-3.

Healey, Charles. Christian Spirituality: An Introduction to the Heritage. New York: Alba House, 1999. ISBN# 0-8189-0820-3.

Jones, Cheslyn, Geoffrey Wainwright, and Edward Yarnold. The Study of Spirituality. New York: Oxford UP, 1986. ISBN# 0-1950-4170-4.

Maas, Robin, and Gabriel O'Donnell. Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1990. ISBN# 0-687-39233-0.

Multi-Volume Works

Bouyer, Louis et al. Orthodox Spirituality and Protestant and Anglican Spirituality. A History of Christian Spirituality. Vol. 3. San Francisco: Harper, 1982. ISBN# 0-8164-2374-1. (This text is out of print, but would be available through interlibrary loan.)

–––. The Spirituality of the Middle Ages. A History of Christian Spirituality. Vol. 2. San Francisco: Harper, 1982. ISBN# 0-8164-2373-3.

–––. The Spirituality of the New Testament and the Fathers.A History of Christian Spirituality. Vol. 3. San Francisco: Harper, 1982. ISBN# 0-8164-2372-5. (This text is out of print, but would be available through interlibrary loan.)

Classics of Western Spirituality Series. New York: Paulist. This is a multi-volume series; to find books in the series, visit http://www.paulistpress.com.

Dupre, Louis, and Don Saliers, eds. Christian Spirituality: Post-Reformation and Modern. Vol. 3. New York: Crossroad, 1991. ISBN# 0-8245-1144-1. (This text is out of print, but would be available through interlibrary loan.)

McGinn, Bernard. The Flowering of Mysticism. New York: Crossroad, 1998. ISBN# 0-8245-1743-1.

---. The Foundations of Mysticism. New York: Crossroad, 1994. ISBN# 0-8245-1404-1.

---. The Growth of Mysticism. New York: Crossroad, 1996. ISBN# 0-8245-1628-1.

McGinn, Bernard, and John Meyendorff. Christian Spirituality: Origins to the Twelfth Century. New York: Crossroads, 1987. ISBN# 0-8245-0847-5.

Raitt, Jill, ed. Christian Spirituality: High Middle Ages and Reformation. New York: Crossroad, 1987. ISBN# 0824509676.

 

Web Site of Interest:

Sacred Space. Irish Jesuits, Jesuit Communication Centre, Dublin Ireland. http://www.jesuit.ie/prayer/. This popular web site offers a daily prayer and guided meditation.

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