Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope
10 best books like Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope (Joan D. Chittister): Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, God of the Oppressed (This Gift Edition, Printed In), Practicing Resurrection: A Memoir of Work, Doubt, Discernment, and Moments of Grace, The Women's Bible Commentary with Apocrypha, Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life, The Shaping of a Life: A Spiritual Landscape, Radical Hospitality: Benedict's Way of Love, Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirtuality, Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation, Sisters in the Wilderness
| Author | Cynthia Bourgeault |
| ISBN | 1561012629 |
Practitioners of Centering Prayer are known for the great enthusiasm they bring to the practice of this ancient discipline. Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening is a complete guidebook for all who wish to know the practice of Centering Prayer. Cynthia Bourgeault goes further than offering an introduction,...
God of the Oppressed (This Gift Edition, Printed In)
| Author | James H. Cone |
| ISBN | 1570751587 |
God of the Oppressed remains a landmark in the development of Black Theology—the first effort to present a systematic theology drawing fully on the resources of African-American religion and culture. Responding to the criticism that his previous books drew too heavily on Euro-American definitions...
| Author | Nora Gallagher |
| ISBN | 0375705635 |
In the highly praised memoir Things Seen and Unseen, Nora Gallagher reflected on a year of spiritual renewal and the fact of mortality with uncommon wisdom and grace. We rejoin her in Practicing Resurrection as Gallagher searches for direction in the wake of her brother’s death. A desire to reclaim...
In the critically acclaimed best-seller, Women's Bible Commentary, an outstanding group of women scholars introduced and summarized each book of the Bible and commented on those sections of each book that have particular relevence to women, focusing on female charecters, symbols, life situations...
| Author | Marjorie J. Thompson |
| ISBN | 0664229476 |
Few books in Westminster John Knox's publishing history have been so embraced and so loved as Marjorie Thompson's Soul Feast. First released in 1995, this spiritual classic continues to be a best-seller, as thousands each year accept her invitation to the Christian spiritual life. Offering a framework...
| Author | Phyllis A. Tickle |
| ISBN | 0385497563 |
In The Shaping of a Life, Phyllis Tickle recounts her life with honesty and humor, richly conveying both the external events and the internal insights and emotions. As Tickle chronicles her deepening understanding of prayer and the rewards of marriage, family, and spiritual life, she reaches across...
| Author | Daniel Homan |
| ISBN | 1557254419 |
Today's culture is increasingly hostile and suspicious toward anyone who appears to be different--especially when tragedy strikes. Our instinct is to bolt our doors and protect the ones we love. But deep within the heart of Benedictine spirituality lies a remedy to hatred, fear, and suspicion: hospitality....
| Author | J. Philip Newell |
| ISBN | 0809137593 |
Very readable. Newell discusses the differences between the theologies of Pelagius and Augustine, and how the former influenced Celtic Christianity, which blended with the pre-existing Druid religion. Augstine's idea of sin being transmitted from one generation to the next through sex, [which...
| Author | Martin Laird |
| ISBN | 0195307607 |
Sitting in stillness, the practice of meditation, and the cultivation of awareness are commonly thought to be the preserves of Hindus and Buddhists. Martin Laird shows that the Christian tradition of contemplation has its own refined teachings on using a prayer word to focus the mind, working with...
| Author | Delores S. Williams |
| ISBN | 1570750262 |
In this landmark work of emerging African American womanist theology, Delores Williams finds in the biblical figure of Hagar -- mother of Ishmael, cast into the desert by Abraham and Sarah, but protected by God -- a prototype for the struggle of African-American women. African slave, homeless exile,...
| Author | Gustavo Gutiérrez |
| ISBN | 0883445522 |
It took awhile to warm up to Gutierrez. For some reason I'm not exactly sympathetic to the label "liberation theology" at the moment. Some reservations about the use of "innocent" with regards to the poor. But the last three chapters cleared some of that up.
Gutierrez maintains that the point...
| Author | Robert C. Schnase |
| ISBN | 0687645409 |
People are searching for a church shaped and sustained by Radical Hospitality, Passionate Worship, Intentional Faith Development, Risk-Taking Mission and Service, and Extravagant Generosity. These fundamental practices are critical to the success of congregations. Their presence and strength...
| Author | Bruce Chilton |
| ISBN | 0385497938 |
Beginning with the Gospels, interpretations of the life of Jesus have flourished for nearly two millennia, yet a clear and coherent picture of Jesus as a man has remained elusive. In Rabbi Jesus, the noted biblical scholar Bruce Chilton places Jesus within the context of his times to present a fresh,...
| Author | Henri J.M. Nouwen |
| ISBN | 0060663553 |
This book helped me to look outward to the person who is dying versus coping with my own deep loss and grief of losing a person close to me. I liked what he said about being present to people.
"Dying and death always call forth, with renewed power, the fear that we are unloved and will, finally, be reduced...
Open the Door: A Journey to the True Self
| Author | Joyce Rupp |
| ISBN | 1933495146 |
The long-awaited book from best-selling spiritual guide Joyce Rupp, creatively leads readers to explore how the image of the door can guide them in a process of discovering their true self. Joyce Rupp brings new life to the ageless spiritual image of the door, weaving insights from East and West with...
| Author | Barbara Brown Taylor |
| ISBN | 1561011576 |
"Reading of God's silence in the Bible gives me courage to explore the practice of restraint in preaching--not as a deliberate withholding of God's word nor, I hope, as a rationale for my own reticence, but as a sober reaching for more reverence in the act of public speaking about God." In these 1997 Lyman...
Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation
In the course of numerous workshops and retreats Father Keating is asked many questions regarding contemplative practice. How will it affect my life? Where does it lead us spiritually? What obstacles will I encounter along the way? How does it work? As Keating answers, this book is "an attempt to provide...
The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm
| Author | Harold S. Kushner |
| ISBN | 1400033357 |
Another "damp, drizzly November in my soul" (Melville, Moby-Dick), and I've just come from another funeral. No, it's September, and the Twenty-Third Psalm that I heard this morning sounded different from the same psalm routinely recited at Jewish burials. Thank you, Harold Kushner.
Years...
Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 0867166592 |
Only when the two come together, inner and outer authority, do we have true spiritual wisdom. We have for too long insisted on outer authority alone, without any teaching of prayer, inner journey and maturing consciousness. The results for the world and for religion have been disastrous….I offer...
Whistling in the Dark: A Doubter's Dictionary
| Author | Frederick Buechner |
| ISBN | 0060611405 |
I am me. I am a sinner. ” “Hi, you. ” Hi, every Sadie and Sal. Hi, every Tom, Dick, and Harry. It is the forgiveness of sins, of course. It is what the Church is all about. No matter what far place alcoholics end up in, either in this country or virtually anywhere else, they know that there will be an A.A....
