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Bonaventure: The Life of St. Francis (Harpercollins Spiritual Classics)2 reviews
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2005

AS WE APPROACH THIS GREAT SAINT AND "LAST APOSTLE'S" FEAST LET US READ AGAIN HIS AUTHORITATIVE LIFE
Do not be dismayed by other reviews of this Harper Collins Spiritual Classics series edition. The most objectionable thing here is indeed the mercifully brief Foreword by someone curiously named Donna Tartt who mentions here Fundamentalist youth, of having her curiousity pricked by a line in Franny and Zooey, but whose greatest offense to the memory of the great Saint Francis of Assisi is not ... 		  
  







  
  
John Calvin: Selections from His Writings (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)1 review
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2006

A Good Place to Start
If you are wanting to understand John Calvin and his theology but are perhaps a little daunted by the size and scope of Calvin's work (e.g. the Institutes, etc.) Then this is a good starting point. This book is actually an assimilation of Calvin's work. While certainly not exhaustive (which is not its intent), Dillenberger has collected some of the better and more interesting 'parts' or ... 		  
  







  
  
The Cloud of Unknowing (Harper Collins Spiritual Classics)6 reviews
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2004

May all be revealed
It is perhaps perfectly appropriate that the author of 'The Cloud of Unknowing' is himself or herself unknown. This is a spiritual classic, a masterpiece in the real sense of the word. The style of writing is grand, well-versed and perfectly in concert with the subject; the ideas contained are some of the most sublime and inspired pieces of writing ever written in the English language. The book ... 		  
  







  
  
Meister Eckhart: Selections from His Essential Writings (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2005

The teachings of the German?born Meister Eckhart (1260?1328), Dominican philosopher and spiritual master, are among the most daring and profound in the history of Western mysticism. From counsels on discernment to a treatise on detachment as the most essential virtue, Eckhart's fascinating thoughts on the spiritual life will inspire and challenge those looking to deepen their experience of God. 		  
  







  
  
Athanasius: The Life of Antony (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)1 review
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2006

Life of the founder of the Desert Fathers movement
I read that this is a classic still used in seminaries so I'm surprised that there are no reviews! Antony was an Egyptian hermit who gave away all his belongings as a teen to go live in search of God. He found many other holy men living on the outskirts of towns and learned from them, fasting and living a life of self-denial. He spent a lot of time fighting demons, which he describes as ... 		  
  







  
  
Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)4 reviews
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2005

Great Spiritual Reading.
Anyone, I mean anyone searching for a greater understanding on such things as Loving God, Humility and Pride,or conversion of Heart, or many other Topic, should Consider this book as a treasury of Wisdon. St. Bernard takes complicated ideas and concepts and makes them clear for those of us without the Saintly Mind. I would certantly say that his writings are some of the best in All of Christian ... 		  
  







  
  
William Law: Selections from A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)1 review
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2005

An amazing spirit
William Law was one of the great mystics, clerics, and educators of the Church of England. Born in 1686, he was educated at Cambridge, eventually taking a teaching position there in addition to being ordained in the Church of England. He lost his position at Cambridge for being a Non-Juror (the Church of England being a state religion, clerics and others are required to swear oaths of allegiance ... 		  
  







  
  
Teresa of Avila: Selections from The Interior Castle (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)2 reviews
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2004

A castle redrawn
Teresa of Avila is one of the more remarkable figures in the history of Christianity. Living in a perilous time, when the Roman Catholic church was suspicious of anything that might develop into Protestant heresies and schisms, she walked a fine line between obedience to the political structure and obedience to God. It is often the case that mystics and spiritual giants are at odds with church ... 		  
  







  
  
Gregory of Nyssa: The Life of Moses (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)10 reviews
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2006

Powerful
First, You need to know I grew up Jewish, converted to the Episcopal Church, and became an Episcopalian Benedictine Monk. I read this while a monk. I felt one should read this kneeling. Using classical anagogical writing, Gregory writes not about Moses, but about Prayer, how God makes him/herself known to us, particularly in Sacraments, but also in the quiet prayer (hesychasm) practised by ... 		  
  







  
  
Quaker Spirituality: Selected Writings (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)2 reviews
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2005

Quaker wisdom
The Quakers are known for their deeply personal approach to spirituality. The writings of this volume convey just that. This is an absolutely beautiful collection of reflective writings by men and woman who found the Sacred within them. The anthology begins with selections from the "Journal" and the letters of George Fox (1624-1691), the figure around whom the original Quaker movement ... 		  
  







  
  
John and Charles Wesley: Selected Prayers, Hymns, and Sermons (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2004

John and Charles Wesley led the Methodist revival that swept eighteenth?century England and America and changed the face of Christianity forever. Their spirituality synthesized a unique blend of elements from the church fathers, Catholic mystics, and Protestant Reformers. This selection includes John's incisive writings on the spiritual life as well as the famous hymns of Charles, giving vibrant expression to the faith of the Wesleys. "About a ... 		  
  







  
  
John of the Cross: Selections from The Dark Night and Other Writings (Western Spiritual Classics)
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2004

John of the Cross was a sixteenth?century Spanish Carmelite monk, mystic, and contemporary of Teresa of Avila who became one of Christianity's foremost spiritual teachers. He is most famous for his lyrical poetry, in which he beautifully describes a tender, loving God. This volume contains his most stirring works, including the classic The Dark Night , in which John expands on the role of darkness in the spiritual journey: "It remains to be ... 		  
  







  
  
Augustine of Hippo: Selected Writings (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)1 review
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2006

The "Grace and Free Will" of St. Augustine
In this superlative volume of The Classics of Western Spirituality series, "Augustine of Hippo: Selected Writings," St. Augustine's Trinitarian thought is gracefully explained and examined with lucid clarity in Mary T. Clark's Introduction. For example, the differences between Augustinian Theology and Plotinian Neoplatonism: Augustine's belief in the Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit being one ... 		  
  







  
  
John of the Cross: Selections from The Dark Night and Other Writings (Western Spiritual Classics)
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2004

John of the Cross was a sixteenth?century Spanish Carmelite monk, mystic, and contemporary of Teresa of Avila who became one of Christianity's foremost spiritual teachers. He is most famous for his lyrical poetry, in which he beautifully describes a tender, loving God. This volume contains his most stirring works, including the classic The Dark Night , in which John expands on the role of darkness in the spiritual journey: "It remains to be ... 		  
  







  
  
Francis & Clare of Assisi: Selected Writings (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2006

This beautiful collection of works from two of the most beloved religious figures of all time gathers the letters and writings of both Francis and Clare of Assisi in a poignant presentation of the power of faith and simplicity that speaks powerfully to us in our hectic world. Francis of Assisi is a widely celebrated saint, well-known for his love of nature and his remarkable life of poverty. Clare is the woman who lived out his legacy in Assisi ... 		  
  







  
  
The Pietists: Selected Writings (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics

HarperOne, 2006

Michel Godrfoid once remarked that "to write the history of Pietism is to write the history of modern Protestantism." From its origins in late sixteenth and early seventeenth-century German Lutheranism, Pietism spread to influence Lutheran, Reformed, and Wesleyan churches throughout Europe and North America. An emphasis on conversion through personal religious experience, on heartfelt union with Christ, and on the importance of Scripture as a ... 		  
  







  




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