A theological and practical overview of spirituality suitable for lay Christians in today's world which sees everyday life as a sacred space where God and people interact.
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Dreyer confronts the tendency within the Catholic church to see spirituality as something for priests and nuns. Most saints wear priests or nuns and there are few role models for lay people. She offers background and ideas on how those who don't were habits can live their faith more fully each day in the office, the voting booth, the kitchen and the mall. At times she refers to religious figures or theologians I had no knowledge of and she didn't provide an explanation of their work or significance, but that is the only shortcoming. It's still worth reading. Moreover, it's a book I'll probably read two or three times and buy for friends.
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"...The common practice of resorting to such terms as spirituality in order to hide ignorance or mask incoherence or disguise a void immeasurably increases and complicates the inherent vagueness of the language of spirituality." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
noisy contemplation, contemplative existence, bodily knowing, lay spirituality, lay community Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Holy Spirit, Paulist Press, Middle Ages, Karl Rahner, San Francisco, Song of Songs, Francis de Sales, New Testament, Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle, Joan Timmerman, Jesus Christ, John of the Cross, Margaret Miles, The Mardi Gras Syndrome, Twenty-Third Publications, Julian of Norwich, Peter Brown, Robert Bellah, Seabury Press, Thomas Berry, Thomas Merton, Thomas O'Meara, Walter Brueggemann New!
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- Interior Castle by Teresa of Avila on page 37, page 43, and page 64
- Introduction to the Devout Life by Francis De Sales on page 10, page 51, and page 69
- The Body and Society by Professor Peter Brown on page 18, page 132, and page 133
- Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila on page 37, page 43, and page 64
- An Offering of Uncles by Robert Farrar Capon on page 82, page 83, and page 113
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- Seven Spiritual Gifts of Waiting: Patience, Loss of Control, Living in the Present, Compassion, Gratitude, Humility, Trust in God by Holly W. Whitcomb in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Christian Spirituality: Themes from the Tradition by Lawrence S. Cunningham on page 120, and Back Matter
- Passionate Spirituality: Hildegard of Bingen and Hadewijch of Brabant by Elizabeth Dreyer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Catholic Traditions: Treasures New and Old by Joanne Turpin on page 105
- The Cross in Christian Tradition: From Paul to Bonaventure by Elizabeth A. Dreyer in Front Matter
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