A History of Christian Spirituality Based on interviews with clergy

Based on interviews with clergy from many denominations

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author of God's Troublemakers: How Women of Faith Are Changing the World

Explores the many styles of faith that characterize believers in all religions

A History of Christian Spirituality Based on interviews with clergyThis modern classic explores the key concepts and people who have shaped our Christian spiritual heritage. Concise and readable Holmes begins this introduction to Christian spirituality with the Jewish antecedents, and proceeds through the New Testament period, monasticism, the Middle Ages, Byzantine spirituality, and the modern period. Holmes ends his overview with key contemporary figures such as Simone Weil, Thomas Merton, and Martin Luther King,