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Living Prayer
Anthony Bloom
Templegate Publishers, 1997
Simply an excellent companion for the journey into prayer
This little book rewards and challenges the reader on every page. Yes, it is a book on prayer, and undertaking the subject deeply brings the reader face to face with topics of genuine friendship, forgiveness, and how to approach thinking about God. There is grist ...
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Ways of Imperfection: An Exploration of Christian Spirituality
Simon Tugwell
Templegate Publishers, 1985
A lively & insightful history of Christian spirituality
This book is a survey of important writers and themes in Christian spirituality, from the early church through the 14th century, plus Jean-Pierre de Caussade (18th century) and Therese of Lisieux (19th century), and skipping some prominent figures who have gotten ...
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The Golden String: An Autobiography
Bede Griffiths
Templegate Publishers, 1980
From Atheism to Spiritual Depth where East Meets West
After Oxford Bede Griffiths started life as an atheist who felt the need for 'something more.' He first found it in nature and the English poets Wordsworth and Coleridge. He pursued this further with the study of philosophy, went through Descarte, Kant and into ...
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The Cosmic Revelation: The Hindu Way to God
Bede Griffiths
Templegate Publishers, 1983
A Revelation indeed.
This analysis of what Christians can learn from Hindus, and conversely what Hindus could learn from Christians is lucid and to the point. It was redacted from a series of lectures or teachings given by Bede Griffiths at a Catholic setting in the U. S. and thus has the ...
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What Is Contemplation?
Thomas Merton
Templegate Publishers, 1981
Angels Leaving a Hill
The world is coming to an end when powerholders are self-absorbed and the masses persist in feeling charitable. Charity is one of the side effects of contemplation, which is more than having exalted visions of the divine. Contemplation is within the reach of all who ...
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Daily Readings With St. Isaac of Syria (Daily Readings Series)
St. Isaac of Syria
Templegate Publishers, 1990
For all who trust that God is more than our petty projection
At a time when public Christendom is more a cause of chagrin than it is of delight, here is a timely corrective to "pious" habits of glib zeal and judgemental finger-pointing. Here is a selection from the saint's writings, the fruits of a holy life of prayer and ...
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Life of Sir Thomas More
William Roper
Templegate Publishers, 1980
he have the new revolution in culture.
he did many differnt thing. but he is weak to god,and strong to society. so, he keep the relision and make the new society.
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"A New Vision of Reality : Western Science, Eastern Mysticism and Christian Faith"
Bede Griffiths
Templegate Publishers, 1990
Rethinking Catholicism in the Light of Science and Vedanta
Early Christian doctrines were forged in the crucible of Greek philosophical thought. Although grounded in the Bible, Christian theology has always sought to express itself in the intellectual language of its day. Fundamentalists may oppose this tendency, but others ...
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On the Invocation of the Name of Jesus
Lev Gillet
Templegate Publishers, 1985
A SMALL BUT PRECIOUS VOLUME
Lev Gillet, who has often written under the pen name of "A monk of the Eastern Church," has put together this small but informative volume on the Jesus Prayer. It is published under the aegis of the Anglo-Orthodox Fellowship of St. Albans and St. Sergius in the belief ...
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Marriage of East and West: A Sequel to The Golden String
Bede Griffiths
Templegate Publishers, 1982
Richly intellectual, profoundly spiritual
I am amazed that there are no other customer reviews about this fine and important work of spirituality and interreligious dialogue. It is certainly among Griffiths' best works. Most people who have done doctoral dissertations on the author are correct in considering ...
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The New Testament
Templegate Publishers, 1998
This reader owns a copy of the Msgr Knox New Testament...
...in one of its earlier printings, a Sheed & Ward paperback of 1954. Here is how Msgr Knox has rendered the "Nunc Dimittis," sung at Compline by monks (Luke 2.29-32): "Ruler of all, now dost thou let thy servant go in peace, according to thy word; "for my own eyes ...
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Daily Readings With Soren Kierkegaard (Daily Readings Series)
Soren Kierkegaard, Robert Van De Weyer
Templegate Publishers, 1995
Hard thoughts on love and Christianity
The first, fitting words from the Danish philosopher we see are: "The whole of existence frightens me, from the smallest fly to the mystery of the Incarnation." These themes - Kierkegaard's fear and grief, contempt and anger, his view of things as they are and his ...
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Therese
Dorothy Day
Templegate Publishers, 1979
St Therese of Lisieux
Dorothy Day read the autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux in 1928 as a thirty-year old convert to Catholicism. Fresh from the radical movements of the day, she found the story of the young saint from the world of the French bourgeoisic colorless, monotonous, and ...
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Meister Eckhart: The Man from Whom God Nothing Hid
Templegate Publishers, 1990
The man from whom God nothing hid
Eckhart shows us the vastness of God in a way that leaves the reader awestruck. He opens the consciousness and leads us on a journey that will forever change the way you view God and live your life.
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Prayer: Living With God
Simon Tugwell
Templegate Publishers, 1980
Wonderful book for really understanding prayer.
To say the least, this book is great. If you really want to let the Bible to bring us into the light of God's truth this will book will help you on your journey. God is not taken in by our polite little speeches. He knows us through and through, far better than we ...
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