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Horizons on Contemporary Spirituality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2014

Joann Wolski Conn*
Affiliation:
Neumann College

Abstract

A survey of contemporary spirituality is obtained by addressing a basic set of questions to twelve recent books in this field. Five significant trends are noted and offered as an agenda for the future of Christian spirituality.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © The College Theology Society 1982

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References

Books Reviewed

Faricy, Robert S.J.The Spirituality of Teilhard de Chardin. Minneapolis, MN: Winston, 1981. 126 pages. $5.95 (paper).Google Scholar
Fox, Matthew O.P., Breakthrough: Meister Eckhart's Creation Spirituality in New Translation. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Image, 1980. xx + 579 pages. $15.95 (paper $7.95).Google Scholar
Holmes Urban, T.A History of Christian Spirituality: An Analytical Introduction. New York: Seabury, 1981. x + 166 pages. $5.95 (paper).Google Scholar
Keating, Thomas., The Heart of the World: A Spiritual Catechism. New York: Crossroad, 1981. 82 pages. $8.95.Google Scholar
Kelsey, Morton T., Transcend: A Guide to the Spiritual Quest. New York: Crossroad, 1981. ix + 220 pages. $6.95 (paper).Google Scholar
Leech, Kenneth., Soul Friend: The Practice of Christian Spirituality. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1980. ix + 250 pages. $9.95.Google Scholar
Leech, Kenneth., True Prayer: An Invitation to Christian Spirituality. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1980. 202 pages. $10.95.Google Scholar
Nouwen, Henri J. M.Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1981. 96 pages. $6.95.Google Scholar
Nouwen, Henri J. M.The Way of the Heart: Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Ministry. New York: Seabury, 1981. 96 pages. $7.95.Google Scholar
Shannon, William H.Thomas Merton's Dark Path: The Inner Experience of a Contemplative. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1981. vii + 245 pages. $15.00.Google Scholar
Ulanov, Ann Belford. Receiving Woman: Studies in the Psychology and Theology of the Feminine. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1981. 187 pages. $9.95 (paper).Google Scholar
Williams, Rowan. Christian Spirituality: A Theological History from the New Testament to Luther and St. John of the Cross. Altanta, GA: John Knox, 1980. $16.50 (paper $9.95).Google Scholar