Western spirituality : historical roots, ecumenical routes

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Western spirituality : historical roots, ecumenical routes / edited by Matthew Fox.

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Toward a spiritual basis for creation theology -- Christian prayer and New Testament theology: a basis for social justice and spirituality -- Salvation and creativity: two understandings of Christianity -- Patristic spirituality and the experience of women in the early Church -- The finest music in the world: exploring Celtic spiritual legacies -- Body and body politic in the creation spirituality of Thomas Aquinas -- Meister Eckart on the fourfold path of a creation-centered spiritual journey -- Social and political consciousness in the letters of Catherine of Siena -- A psycho-spiritual history of Teresa of Avila: a woman's perspective -- Spirituality and politics: seventeenth century France -- Seeking a moist heart: Native American ways for helping the spirit -- Gifts and insights from the Hasidim -- Fullness in emptiness: the development of a Russian spiritual vision -- Yoga and the Western consciousness -- Spiritual insights of the American transcendentalists -- The spirituality of Franz Rosenzweig -- Mysticism, Protestantism, and ecumenism: the spiritual theology of William Ernest Hocking.