Spirituality


Vatican II: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church See Chapter V: The call of the whole Church to holiness

Bibliographies by Rev. William Harmless, SJ, of Creighton University
----- Surveys and Introductory Works
----- Spirituality of the Early Church
----- Spirituality of the Middle Ages
----- Reformation and Early Modern Spirituality
----- Spirituality in the Modern World
----- Spirituality & the World Religions

The Times of Our Lives Book by Donald X. Burt, OSA, from his web site Reflections on the Spirituality of Augustine, 2010

Can We Learn Spiritual Lessons from One of the Most Irreligious Nations on Earth? By Dr Andrew Thomas Kania, Director of Spirituality at Aquinas College. He belongs to the Ukrainian Church. 2009

The Search for a Universal Philosophy or Sprituality By Dr Andrew Thomas Kania, Director of Spirituality at Aquinas College. He belongs to the Ukrainian Church. 2009

'Become All Fire': The Splendor of Orthodox Spirituality By John Garvey in Commonweal, Feb 29, 2008

Eastern Meditation Techniques and Christian Spirituality: The Example of Vipassana By Kevin Duffy SM, professor of systematic theology and spirituality at Good Shepherd College, Auckland, 2008

“I Have Come to Love the Darkness”: A Practical Guide for Teaching the Spirituality of Mother Teresa By Daniel J. Stollenwerk, Director of Religious Studies at St. Peter's College Middle School, Auckland, New Zealand, 2008

Spirituality and Money The Fall 2008 issue of A Matter of Spirit is devoted to this topic

Spiritual Disorientation and God's Guidance By John Ackerman in Common Ground Journal, Fall 2008. Scroll down to page 100

Articles in Winter 2008 issue of Cross Currents
  • Asceticism and the Environment By Christopher Key Chapple
  • Mei's Invitation: A Gentle Asceticism for Chinese and Americans By Jay McDaniel
  • Celibacy Today: Mystery, Myth, and Miasma By A.W. Richard Sipe
  • Asceticism in Islam By Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
  • Asceticism and Illumination By Jeffery D. Long
  • Asceticism and the Hopeful Self: Subjectivity, Reductionism, and Modernity By Gavin Flood
  • Earth-Honoring Asceticism and Consumption By Larry L. Rasmussen
  • The Way of Torah as Askesis: An Ascetic Conceptualization of the Life of Mitzvah By Eliezer Diamond
  • Devotion, Renunciation, and Rebirth in the Ramananda Sampraday By Ramdas Lamb

    Nurturing Our Spiritual Life By Sr. Brenda Walsh, OP, 2007

    Apocalyptic Spirituality: Soul of the Mission By José Cristo Rey García Paredes, Director of the Theological Institute of Religious Life in Madrid, Spain

    Catholic Spirituality: What Does It Mean Today? By Lawrence S. Cunningham in Commonweal, Feb 24, 2006

    St. Teresa of Avila on Reaching the Seventh Dwelling Place By Alan F Zundel in Spiritual Life, Summer 2006

    Hospice: Reflections on a Dying Life By Donald X. Burt, OSA, 2006. From his web site Reflections on the Spirituality of Augustine

    Loving A Hidden God Book by Donald X. Burt, OSA, from his web site Reflections on the Spirituality of Augustine, 2006

    Practical Insights For Daily Living From Thérèse of Lisieux By Daniel Shanahan in Spiritual Life, Summer 2006

    "The Sheer Grace": Gifts of the Dark Night By Joel Giallanza in Spiritual Life, Summer 2006

    A Meditation: Henri Nouwen's Theology of the Home of Love By Robert G Waldron in Spiritual Life, Summer 2006

    Seeking Deep Silence: An Appeal to Souls Hungering for Spiritual Deepening By Susan Muto in Spiritual Life, Spring 2006

    Crisis and Contemplation By Rosemarie Carfagna in Spiritual Life, Spring 2006

    Humanism, Education and Spirituality: Approaching Psychosis with Levinas By Glenn Morrison, Lecturer in Theology and Undergraduate Coordinator, School of Philosophy and Theology, The University of Notre Dame, Western Australia, 2006

    Disciples of Jesus: Bearers of Compassion, Peace and Hope in Our World By Hermann Schalück, OFM, adapted from the retreat sessions given to the Sisters of Notre Dame, General Chapter, 2004

    Heart of Flesh: A Feminist Spirituality For Women and Men By Joan Chittister, OSB

    Reflections on Spirituality and the Church By Tony Kelly, CSsR, Head of Sub-Faculty of Philosophy and Theology at the Australian Catholic University from 1999 - 2004

    A Century in Quest of Origen's Spirituality By Charles Kannengiesser in Theology@McAuley, 2003

    God of My Daily Routine: Toward a Spirituality of the World By Emilie Griffin in Logos, Spring 2002

    Missionary Spirituality Working Group for CICM Spirituality in Chronica, June 2002

    Good Teaching, Spirituality and the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas By Glenn Morrison, lecturer at Notre Dame University in Western Australia

    Towards a Christian Spirituality of Work By Edith H. Raidt, St. Augustine College of South Africa, Johannesburg, 2001

    Political Spirituality: Oxymoron or Redundancy? By Owen C. Thomas, Graduate Theological Union, Journal of Religion & Society, 2001

    Christian Spirituality in Light of the U.S. Hispanic Experience By Alberto L. García, Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Wisconsin, in Word & World, Winter 2000

    Some Problems in Contemporary Christian Spirituality By Owen C Thomas in Anglican Theological Review, Spring 2000

    Perspectives in Spirituality Fall 2000 issue of Common Ground Journal. Includes these articles: Spiritual Formation and the Meaning of Life;It Begins with You! How the Spiritual Formation of the Pastor Effects the Spiritual Formation of the Congregation; Adolescent Spiritual Formation: Creating Space for God to Speak; Living the Abbey Way: An Experiment in Spiritual Formation and the New Monasticism; From Neutrino Worship to Real Transformation;Spiritual Formation in Community; An Active Approach to Spiritual Formation: Encountering, Experiencing, and Extending God; Telling the Old, Old Story: How the Contemporary Church Practices Reading the Old Testament for Faith and Life; Influencing the Laity's Theologizing for Spiritual Empowerment: An African Perspective; Spiritual Formation: Movements to New Life in the Gospels

    Democracy and Spirituality By Dumitru Popescu, 2000

    How to Develop A Spiritual Journal By Dan Phillips, 1999. Includes excerpts from his journal

    Lay Spirituality in a Post-Modern World By Ian Linden

    Management and Spirituality By Louis Xavier S.J., 1999

    Contextualizing Spirituality and Work in Africa By A.T. Dalfovo, Makerere University, 1999

    Can We Conceive a Management Spirituality without Faith? By Robert G Kennedy, PhD Department of Management, University of St Thomas, 1999

    Thomas Merton's Contemplative Struggle: Bridging the Abyss to Freedom By George A. Kilcourse, Jr. in Cross Currents, Spring 1999

    Spiritual Life and the Survival of Christianity By Louis Dupre in Cross Currents, Fall 1998

    The River: Reflections on the Times of Our Lives Book by Donald X. Burt, OSA, from his web site Reflections on the Spirituality of Augustine, 1998

    Discernment in Catherine of Siena By Diana L. Villegas in Theological Studies, March 1997

    Spirit and Experience in Bernard of Clairvaux By Kilian McDonnell in Theological Studies, March 1997

    What Is a Psychologically Healthy Spirituality By Paschal Baute, 1992, revised 1994

    What Is Spirituality? By Paschal Baute, 1992, revised 1994

    But When You Are Older: Reflections on Coming to Age Book by Donald X. Burt, OSA, Liturgical Press, 1992. From his web site Reflections on the Spirituality of Augustine

    Spirituality Speaks; Theology Listens: New Beginnings for Respectful Dialog By Joan H. Timmerman, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota, in Word & World, 1988

    Reflections on the Devotional Life By Alvin N. Rogness, President Emeritus, Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, in Word & World, 1988

    Emmanuel: Reflections on the God Who is with Us Book by Donald X. Burt, OSA, Liturgical Press, 1988. From his web site Reflections on the Spirituality of Augustine

    Christian Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition Complete book by Jordan Aumann, O. P., 1985

    Christian Mysticism Where the mysticism of John of the Cross enters into dialogue with modern attempts to renew the contemplative life like centering prayer, Christian meditation and the Catholic charismatic movement

    The Inn of the Samaritan Book by Donald X. Burt, OSA, from his web site Reflections on the Spirituality of Augustine, 1983

    Spiritual Theology Complete book by Jordan Aumann, O. P., 1982

    The Search for the Self Book by Donald X. Burt, OSA, from his web site Reflections on the Spirituality of Augustine

    The Color of My Days Book by Donald X. Burt, OSA, Liturgical Press. From his web site Reflections on the Spirituality of Augustine, 1980

    Saint Catherine and Contemporary Spirituality By Benedict M. Ashley O.P., 1979

    The Seasons of Jesus Book by Donald X. Burt, OSA, from his web site Reflections on the Spirituality of Augustine, 1978

    Structure of the Soul and Mystical Experience By M.-D. Chenu, O.P., from his St. Thomas d'Aquin et la theologie, 1960

    Life in Abundance: Meister Eckhart & the German Dominican Mystics of the 14th Century Complete book by Gundolf M. Gieraths, O.P., 1956

    The Three Ways of the Spiritual Life By Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

    Charismatic Spirituality A forum of The Catholic Charismatic Center on the World Wide Web

    Pilgrim's Progress From Danny Thomas of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in England. A challenge to engage in pilgrimage as part of our spiritual journey

    The Spirituality of the Catacombs From the website "The Christian Catacombs of Rome"

    Ignatian Spirituality From St. Ignatius parish in Boston

    Carmelite Spirituality From the Discalced Carmelites of the Australia-Oceania Region

    Carmelite Spirituality By Paul-Marie de la Croix, O.C.D.

    The Spirituality of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance A summary of the lectures given by Blessed Titus Brandsma in the United States in 1936

    Augustinian Spirituality

    Lasallian Spirituality From the Lasallian Association in Britain

    Compassionate Love and Salesian Spirituality By Alexander T. Pocetto, O.S.F.S., PH.D., Senior Salesian Scholar

    Assumptionist Spirituality From the Assumptionists in Rome

    Franciscan Spirituality: What Is It ? Fr. Bede M. Hess, O. F. M. Conv., in Litterae de Spiritualitate Franciscali, 1957

    Franciscan spirituality Valentin Breton, O.F.M. From Some Schools of Catholic Spirituality, 1959

    Dominican Spirituality

    Dominican Spirituality: Principles and Practice Complete book by William A. Hinnebusch, O.P.

    Dominican Spirituality By Benedict M. Ashley, O.P.

    The Contemplative Dimension of Dominican Spirituality By Jordan Aumann, O.P.

    Vincentian Spirituality By Pat Collins, C.M.

    Marist Spirituality From the Marist Fathers & Brothers of Boston

    Precious Blood Spirituality From the Precious Blood Mission House, Alameda

    Monastic Spirituality From the Monastery of Christ in the Desert

    A Primer on Monastic Spirituality From New Melleray Abbey in Iowa

    The Meaning of the Contemplative Life According to Thomas Merton By Fr. James Conner, OCSO, Abbey of Gethsemani, 1993

    Spiritual Directors International SDI is an ecumenical association of colleagues, grounded in the Christian faith, whose sole purpose is to serve the growing network of spiritual directors world-wide and the people who train them

    An Introduction to the Life and Spirituality of Dorothy Day By James Allaire and Rosemary Broughton

    Seek First the Kingdom By Kilian McGowan, C.P.

    Toward a Spirituality of Aging By André Mathieu, C.P.

    A Spirituality of Mission in an Asian Context By Samuel Rayan, S.J.

    Local Cultures: Instruments of Incarnated Christian Spirituality By Samuel Rayan, S.J.

    Believe As Jesus Did: The Spirituality of the Kingdom By José María Vigil

    Virginia Cyr Quentin Colgan of Ohio Dominican College provides us with the letters of this remarkable young woman who died in 1967, and he analyzes her spirituality

    An Online Retreat A 34 week retreat for Everyday Life. Begin the retreat with week 1, at any time, and follow the guides and resources provided each week

    Retreats Online Bringing together users and providers of retreats, retreat centers and retreat getaways around the world

    Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism This interdisciplinary seminar is designed as the internet version of an ongoing research seminar of graduate students at the department of theology of Marquette University. The seminar is directed by Alexander Golitzin and is an attempt to investigate Jewish mystical traditions in the eastern Christian theological and liturgical texts. The internet version is a regular text seminar consisting of scholars and graduate students of ancient languages, systematic theology, philosophy, patristics, biblical exegesis, and Judaism. Currently the seminar is not confined solely to the students of Marquette University but also includes participants from various scholarly communities

    Spirituality Jewish thoughts, perspectives, and activities

    Christian Spirituality Mennonite Confesion of Faith; Article 18

    Lutheran Spirituality: Lost, Found, Revised By Jay C. Rochelle

    The Spirithome Web Site Material on Christian spirituality courtesy of Robert Longman Jr. of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America

    A Daily Spiritual Seed This daily (M - F) e mail message provides information, guidance and support on Christian contemplative spirituality using quotes (less than 4 K) from writers on Christian mysticism

    Spiritual Formation Online An invitation to explore the contemplative life from Carl McColman, an Anglican freelance writer and editor living in Atlanta

    Islamic Spirituality: The Forgotten Revolution By Abdal Hakim Murad

    New Spiritualities Articles in the May/June 1996 issue of Compass, A Jesuit Journal

    A Spirituality for Contemporary Life: The Jesuit Heritage Today Articles in Review for Religious

    Worship & Spirituality Site of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

    Guide to On-Line Resources in Medieval Christian Spirituality

    African Spirituality in the Context of Modernity Sipho Mtetwa, School of Theology, University of Natal

    The Writings of St. Ignatius Loyola Includes "Fifty Selected Letters of St. Ignatius of Loyola" and "One Hundred Prayerful Thoughts from St. Ignatius Loyola"

    Spiritual Theology Complete book by Jordan Aumann, O.P., Director of the Institute of Spirituality at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome

    Dominic Cavalca and a Spirituality of the Word By Benedict M. Ashley, O.P.

    Asceticism and the Christian Life By Jordan Aumann, O.P.

    Ascetical Teaching of St. John of the Cross By Jordan Aumann, O.P.

    Generative Love Healing and Wholeness By Bet Green. This article is part of a larger work in progress on the explicit and implicit Images of God in the life, talks and writings of Dom Bede Griffiths

    Resisting the False Self By Jeff Dietrich. Sometimes we do the right thing for the wrong reasons. In 1984 the Los Angeles Catholic Worker community was in crisis. Jeff Dietrich courageously looked at why this was so and discovered that his "gifts" were, in fact, working against both himself and the greater vision

    Spirituality Links to sites related to prayer and spirituality, from Theology.ie

    Spirituality Links courtesy of Call to Action



    CLASSICS

    Prayer Tertullian [140-230 AD] on The Lord's Prayer

    The Lord's Prayer Cyprian [140-230 AD]

    Confessions Augustine

    On Perfection Gregory of Nyssa

    Rule of St. Benedict

    Rule of St. Augustine

    Rule of St. Columba

    Rule of St. Francis of Assisi

    The Mind's Road to God Saint Bonaventure

    Revelations of Divine Love Julian of Norwich

    Ascent of Mont Carmel John of the Cross

    Dark Night of the Soul John of the Cross

    A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ John of the Cross

    Collected Works of St. John of the Cross Includes: Poems. The Sayings of Light and Love. The Ascent of Mount Carmel. The Dark Night of the Soul. The Spiritual Canticle. The Living Flame of Love. Special Counsels. Precautions. Letters

    On Loving God Bernard of Clairvaux

    On Cleaving to God St. Albert the Great

    The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi

    The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage; The Sparkling Stone; The Book of Supreme Truth Jan van Ruusbroec (1293-1381)

    The Dialogue of the Seraphic Virgin Catherine of Siena

    Spiritual Exercises Ignatius of Loyola

    The Way of Perfection Teresa of Avila

    Interior Castle Teresa of Avila

    The Imitation of Christ Thomas Kempis

    Uniformity with God's Will St. Alphonsus de Ligouri

    Introduction to the Devout Life St. Francis de Sales

    The Spirituality of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance A summary of the lectures given by Blessed Titus Brandsma in the US in 1936

    The Infinite Knowledge of God Cardinal Newman

    God is All in All Cardinal Newman

    A Short Road to Perfection Cardinal Newman

    Edith Stein: Volume IV of the Collected Works The hidden life: hagiographic essays, meditations, spiritual texts, by Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Discalced Carmelite


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