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A Brief History

By Philip Sheldrake

Series: Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion

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Spirituality by Philip Sheldrake offers a comprehensive journey through Christian spirituality from its beginnings in the New Testament to the present day. This revised edition explores major figures, ideas, and historical shifts, shedding light on how spirituality has evolved. New chapters discuss the nature of spirituality today and its devotional aspects, while expanded sections delve into mysticism and its key figures. The book also adopts a global view, examining spirituality's interaction with culture, geography, and other faiths throughout history.
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Ideal for upper-division undergraduates, seminary students, and professionals interested in Christian spirituality and its global dimensions.

Engagingly written by one of the world s leading scholars in this field, this comprehensively revised edition tells the story of Christian spirituality from its origins in the New Testament right up to the present day.

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Engagingly written by one of the world’s leading scholars in this field, this comprehensively revised edition of Spirituality tells the story of Christian spirituality from its origins in the New Testament right up to the present day.

Charts the main figures, ideas, images and historical periods, showing how and why spirituality has changed and developed over the centuries.

Includes new chapters on the nature and meaning of spirituality, and on spirituality in the 21st century; and an account of the development and main features of devotional spirituality.

Provides new coverage of Christian spirituality’s relationship to other faiths throughout history, and their influence and impact on Christian beliefs and practices.

Features expanded sections on mysticism, its relationship to spirituality, the key mystical figures, and the development of ideas of ‘the mystical’.

Explores the interplay between culture, geography, and spirituality, taking a global perspective by tracing spiritual developments across continents.

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ISBN: 9780470673522

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 March 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 146.0mm

Height: 224.0mm

Weight: 399g

Pages: 262

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Non-Fiction Philip Sheldrake Religion & Spirituality Series: Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion

About the Author

Philip Sheldrake is Senior Research Fellow at the Cambridge Theological Federation, UK, regularly a visiting professor in the USA, and a former president of the International Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality. He is the author of numerous books including Explorations in Spirituality: History, Theology & Social Practice (2010), Spaces for the Sacred: Place, Memory & Identity (2001), and Living between Worlds: Place and Journey in Celtic Christianity (1997).