2000 Years of Prayer - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0819218251 ISBN 13: 9780819218254

Verlag: Morehouse Pub Co, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

This extensive collection of prayers traces two thousand years of Christian spirituality. Containing prayers from every era of our spiritual history, from every continent and Christian tradition, this anthology provides a compelling and comprehensive portrait of the ways in which men and women have expressed their longing for God through the centuries. Arranged chronologically, this selection progresses through every significant era of Christian experience. Chapters include prayers from the early Christian church in East and West, the Coptic Church, Celtic traditions, medieval and monastic spirituality, Italian spiritual writers, Teutonic mysticism, the Protestant Reformation, English Roman Catholics, the Puritans, Pietist, Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, and much more. A brief introduction to each chapter outlines the defining spiritual characteristics of the age and traces the development of our understanding of prayer. An excellent resource for worship as well as a treasure trove for private devotion and reflection. Michael Counsell is a parish priest in London and is the author of two major collections of liturgical prayer published by HarperCollins and of EVERY PILGRIM'S GUIDE TO OBERAMMERGAU. (hardcover with ribbon and dust jacket) This extensive collection of prayers traces two thousand years of Christian spirituality. Containing prayers from every era of our spiritual history, from every continent and Christian tradition, this anthology provides a compelling and comprehensive portrait of the ways in which men and women have expressed their longing for God through the centuries. Arranged chronologically, this selection progresses through every significant era of Christian experience. Chapters include prayers from the early Christian church in East and West, the Coptic Church, Celtic traditions, medieval and monastic spirituality, Italian spiritual writers, Teutonic mysticism, the Protestant Reformation, English Roman Catholics, the Puritans, Pietist, Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, and much more. A brief introduction to each chapter outlines the defining spiritual characteristics of the age and traces the development of our understanding of prayer. An excellent resource for worship as well as a treasure trove for private devotion and reflection. Michael Counsell is a parish priest in London and is the author of two major collections of liturgical prayer published by HarperCollins and of EVERY PILGRIM'S GUIDE TO OBERAMMERGAU. (hardcover with ribbon and dust jacket)

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Morehouse Pub Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0819218251
• ISBN 13: 9780819218254
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 644
• Herausgeber: Counsell Michael
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