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An exploration of the origins and development of four great Christian spiritual traditions – monasticism, mendicancy, apostolic ministry and missionary life.
In this helpful and insightful book, Nicki Verploegen delves into the two thousand years of history of the Catholic Church in order to unfold the development of spiritualities in Christianity. Verploegen explores how four distinct types of Christian spirituality evolved and rose to prominence in its religious, social, and political environments: monasticism, mendicancy, apostolic ministry, and missionary life. All of them became 'schools' of spiritual formation which gave rise to the development of numerous religious communities. This book is also an exploration of thirteen of these distinct communities, and introduces the reader to the spiritual men and women who initiated the religious movements and founded them.
In this helpful and insightful book, Nicki Verploegen delves into the two thousand years of history of the Catholic Church in order to unfold the development of spiritualities in Christianity. Verploegen explores how four distinct types of Christian spirituality evolved and rose to prominence in its religious, social, and political environments: monasticism, mendicancy, apostolic ministry, and missionary life. All of them became 'schools' of spiritual formation which gave rise to the development of numerous religious communities. This book is also an exploration of thirteen of these distinct communities, and introduces the reader to the spiritual men and women who initiated the religious movements and founded them.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 148
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Lutterworth Press
Publication Date:
30 August 2012
Trim Size: 9.02 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9780718892661
Format: Paperback
...Undergraduate readers are... likely to have their imaginations stirred by the range of ways of following Christ amid changing realities... By focusing on the legacy left by the founders, Verploegen proposes both a historically grounded rationale for the missiological task of ongoing attunement to the signs of the times as well as a foundation upon which 'new geniuses' can build as they forge faithful spiritualities suited to the unique challenges of the twetny-first century (134)
— Patrick W.T. Johnson
— Patrick W.T. Johnson
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Schools of Spirituality in the Christian Tradition
PART I Monastic Spirituality
Introduction
1 Augustinian Spirituality: Hearts Aflame for the Trinity
2 Benedictine Spirituality: Christian Monastic Origins
3 Cistercians, Trappists, and Trappistines: Contemplatives in Community
PART II Mendicant Spirituality
Introduction
4 Franciscan Spirituality: Mendicants as Friars Minores
5 Dominican Spirituality: Friars Preachers of the Truth
6 Carmelite Spirituality: A Mendicant and Mystical Style
PART III Ministerial and Active Apostolic Spirituality
Introduction
7 Ignatian Spirituality: Spirituality in a World of Action
8 Redemptorist Spirituality: Preachers to the Populace
9 Salesian Spirituality: Living the Compassion of Jesus in Society
10 Marist Spirituality: A Marian Missionary Style
PART IV Missionary Spirituality
Introduction
11 Spirituality of the Spiritans: Missionaries
and Educators to the Poor and Abandoned
12 Maryknoll Spirituality:
Missionaries of Presence and Purpose
13 Spirituality of the Society of African Missions:
Dedication to Africa
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Schools of Spirituality in the Christian Tradition
PART I Monastic Spirituality
Introduction
1 Augustinian Spirituality: Hearts Aflame for the Trinity
2 Benedictine Spirituality: Christian Monastic Origins
3 Cistercians, Trappists, and Trappistines: Contemplatives in Community
PART II Mendicant Spirituality
Introduction
4 Franciscan Spirituality: Mendicants as Friars Minores
5 Dominican Spirituality: Friars Preachers of the Truth
6 Carmelite Spirituality: A Mendicant and Mystical Style
PART III Ministerial and Active Apostolic Spirituality
Introduction
7 Ignatian Spirituality: Spirituality in a World of Action
8 Redemptorist Spirituality: Preachers to the Populace
9 Salesian Spirituality: Living the Compassion of Jesus in Society
10 Marist Spirituality: A Marian Missionary Style
PART IV Missionary Spirituality
Introduction
11 Spirituality of the Spiritans: Missionaries
and Educators to the Poor and Abandoned
12 Maryknoll Spirituality:
Missionaries of Presence and Purpose
13 Spirituality of the Society of African Missions:
Dedication to Africa
Epilogue