Contents
Preface   ix
Introduction   xi
CHAPTER ONE
     What Is Christian Spirituality?   1
CHAPTER TWO
     The Way of Discipline   25
CHAPTER THREE
     The Contemplative-Mystical Way   48
CHAPTER FOUR
     The Way of Practical Action   71
CHAPTER FIVE
     The Way of Beauty   94
CHAPTER SIX
     The Prophetic Way   118
Conclusion: Contemporary Practice   141
Selected Readings   163
Index   173

Philip Sheldrake is professor and director of the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Spirituality at Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas. He is also senior research associate of the Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, and senior research fellow in the Cambridge Theological Federation (Westcott House). Philip Sheldrake trained in history and theology and was awarded the DD (Higher Doctorate) in 2015 by the University of Oxford. He has taught and written extensively on Christian spirituality, is author or editor of seventeen books, and is past president of the international Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality.