Author: Krishna Sivarama
Publisher: The Crossroad Publishing Company
Keywords: spirituality, world, vedanta, vedas, hindu
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 1989-11-01
List price: $49.50
ISBN-10: 082450755X
ISBN-13: 9780824507558

A broad-ranging, lightly-illustrated, scholarly treatment of core topics in Hindu spirituality during its formative earlier periods. It brings together the complex skein of thoughts, beliefs, and practices that developed from the archaic period of the Vedas and received their early crystallization as Vedanta. It presents the eternal, timeles dimension of Hinduism.

Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: The Crossroad Publishing Company
Keywords: spirituality, world, foundations, islamic
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 1991-12-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 082451131X
ISBN-13: 9780824511319

Sufi authors have written some of the most moving spiritual literature in the world, but getting a handle on it all can be a chore. Where were they coming from? What were their issues? What was their impact? Seventeen scholars have come together to answer these and other questions in Islamic Spirituality: Foundations. Of course, the seeds of Sufism are to be found in the core of Islam--the Quran, the Hadith, pilgrimage, prayer, and such. In Islamic Spirituality: Foundations, the development of these as aspects of an inner tradition are explored in depth as a jumping-off point for talking about

Author:
Publisher: Paulist Press
Keywords: spirituality, western, classics, selected, anabaptist, writings
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1994-07
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0809134756
ISBN-13: 9780809134755

The Light, the word of God, shines in every human heart in this world. It is there from the beginning, giving power to those who accept it to become children of God, inheritors of the kingdom of the Father. But for those who do not accept it, the Light is a light of judgment and condemnation. Just as God does not cause anyone to sin, it would not be fitting to compel anyone to serve God against that person’s will. God wants to be served in Freedom. Hans Denck (c. 1500-1527) This book presents selections from writings of the Anabaptist movement which illustrate their distinctive appr

Author:
Publisher: Paulist Press
Keywords: spirituality, classics, western, writings, selected, saxon, anglo
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2001-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0809105152
ISBN-13: 9780809105151

The beauty, the mystery and the power of Anglo-Saxon civilization have long fascinated lovers of history and literature. Now, with this volume in the much-lauded Classics of Western Spirituality™ readers are invited to discover the heart and soul of this culture--its spirituality. Extending from the mid-400’s to 1066, the Norman Conquest of England, the Anglo-Saxon age demonstrated a fusion of the Christian and the pagan/heroic, rending their literature compelling and their spirituality unique. This volume presents a wide-ranging selection of Anglo-Saxon writings both in poetry and

Author: David Tacey
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: spirituality, contemporary, revolution, emergence
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2004-08-13
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 1583918744
ISBN-13: 9781583918746

The spiritual life is no longer a specialist concern, restricted to those who belong to religious traditions. The spirituality revolution is a spontaneous movement in society, a significant new interest in the reality of spirituality and its healing effects on life, health, community and well being. The Spirituality Revolution: The Emergence of Contemporary Spirituality recognises that we have outgrown the ideals and values of previous times and reveals an image of the spiritual situation of our era. Recent discoveries in physics, biology, psychology and ecology have begun to restore status to

Author: Peter H. van Ness
Publisher: The Crossroad Publishing Company
Keywords: spirituality, world, secular, quest
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 1996-09-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0824507746
ISBN-13: 9780824507749

This volume includes a variety of first-rate essays on spirituality in non-religious settings, including Twelve Step meetings, arts, sports, and social justice movements.

Author:
Publisher: Paulist Press
Keywords: spirituality, western, classics, norbert, norbertine
Number of Pages: 309
Published: 2007-11
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0809144689
ISBN-13: 9780809144686