God Seekers

Afresh, readable introduction to Christian spiritualities, God Seekers brings to life thirty-three spiritual masters from throughout Christian history. Through capsule biographies, selected quotations, and questions for reflection, Richard Schmidt presents and explores diverse ways of relating to God. Each chapter personalizes a major stream or movement of Christian spirituality by focusing on a particular key figure. Book jacket.

Richard H. Schmidt is editor and director of Forward Movement Publications, Cincinnati, Ohio, and author of Glorious Companions: Five Centuries of Anglican Spirituality (Eerdmans)

Foreword
Irenaeus (c. 130-c. 200): Early Christian Spirituality	p. 1
Origen of Alexandria (c. 185-c. 254): Alexandrian Spirituality	p. 12
Antony (c. 251-355): The Desert Fathers	p. 23
Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-c. 395): The Cappadocians	p. 35
Augustine of Hippo (354-430): The Birth of Western Spirituality	p. 46
Patrick (c. 390-c. 460): Celtic Spirituality	p. 58
Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-547): Western Monasticism	p. 69
Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022): Experiencing the Spirit	p. 80
Anselm (1033/4-1109): Medieval Spirituality I	p. 92
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153): Medieval Spirituality II	p. 104
Francis of Assisi (1181/2-1226): The Mendicants	p. 114
Gregory of Palamas (1296-1359): Hesychasm	p. 126
Julian of Norwich (1342-c.1420): The English Mystics	p. 137
Martin Luther (1483-1546): Reformation I	p. 147
Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556): The Jesuits	p. 158
John Calvin (1509-1564): Reformation II	p. 169
Teresa of Avila(1515-1582): The Spanish Mystics	p. 180
George Herbert (1593-1633): Anglican Spirituality	p. 190
John Bunyan (1628-1688): The Non-Conformists	p. 202
Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751): The Sacrament of the Present Moment	p. 212
John and Charles Wesley (1703-1791/1707-1788): Methodism	p. 223
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855): The Spirituality of Paradox	p. 235
R. A. Torrey (1856-1928): Fundamentalism	p. 246
Amy Carmichael (1867-1951): The Spirituality of Missions	p. 257
Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897): Spiritual Childhood	p. 270
Maria Skobtsova (1891-1945): Martyrdom	p. 280
Donald Gee(1891-1966): Pentecostal Spirituality	p. 291
Dorothy Day (1897-1980): The Catholic Worker Movement	p. 303
Thomas Merton (1915-1968): Solitude	p. 314
Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007): Narrative Spirituality	p. 326
John S. Mbiti (B. 1931): African Christian Spirituality	p. 338
Rosemary Radford Ruether (B. 1936): Feminist Spirituality	p. 350
Acknowledgments	p. 361
Index	p. 363
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