The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Privy Counseling
10 best books like The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Privy Counseling (Anonymous): Interior Castle, The Spiritual Exercises, The Practice of the Presence of God, Revelations of Divine Love, Contemplative Prayer, The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See, Dark Night of the Soul, Living Buddha, Living Christ, The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
| Author | Teresa of Ávila |
| ISBN | 0385036434 |
A cornerstone book on mystical theology, Interior Castle describes the seven stages of union with God. Using everyday language to explain difficult theological concepts, Teresa of Avila compares the contemplative life to a castle with seven chambers. Tracing the passage of the soul through each...
| Author | Ignatius of Loyola |
| ISBN | 0375724923 |
A reissue of a classic of the Christian text from the founder of the Jesuit Order.
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola is the core work of religious formation for members of the Society of Jesus, the single largest religious order within the Roman Catholic Church. For four and a...
The Practice of the Presence of God
| Author | Brother Lawrence |
| ISBN | 0883681056 |
Brother Lawrence was a man of humble beginnings who discovered the greatest secret of living in the kingdom of God here on earth. It is the art of “practicing the presence of God in one single act that does not end.” He often stated that it is God who paints Himself in the depths of our souls. We must merely...
Revelations of Divine Love
| Author | Julian of Norwich |
| ISBN | 0140446737 |
One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Love a remarkable work of revelatory insight, that stands alongside The Cloud of Unknowing and Piers Plowman as a classic of Medieval religious literature
After fervently praying for a greater understanding...
| Author | Thomas Merton |
| ISBN | 0232526044 |
Thomas Merton's classic study of monastic prayer and contemplation brings a tradition of spirituality alive for the present day. But, as A. M. Allchin points out in his Introduction to this new edition, Contemplative Prayer also shows us the present day in a new perspective, because we see it in the...
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 0824525434 |
For Christians seeking a way of thinking outside of strict dualities, this guide explores methods for letting go of division and living in the present. Drawn from the Gospels, Jesus, Paul, and the great Christian contemplatives, this examination reveals how many of the hidden truths of Christianity...
| Author | Juan de la Cruz |
| ISBN | 0486426939 |
« Plus les choses divines sont en soi claires et manifestes, plus elles sont naturellement obscures et cachées à l’âme. Il en est ici comme de la lumière naturelle : […] plus on veut fixer le soleil en face, et plus on éblouit la puissance visuelle et on la prive de lumière […]. De même, quand...
Living Buddha, Living Christ
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 1573225681 |
When you are a truly happy Christian, you are also a Buddhist. And vice versa."
-- Thich Nhat Hanh Buddha and Christ, perhaps the two most pivotal figures in the history of humankind, each left behind a legacy of teachings and practices that have shaped the lives of billions of people over the course...
The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society
| Author | Henri J.M. Nouwen |
| ISBN | 0232521026 |
The Wounded Healer is a hope-filled and profoundly simple book that speaks directly to those men and women who want to be of service in their church or community, but have found the traditional ways often threatening and ineffective. In this book, Henri Nouwen combines creative case studies of ministry...
The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 1524762091 |
Richard Rohr, one of the world's most influential spiritual thinkers, delivers his long-awaited book on Jesus. In this radical message of hope, Rohr shows how "Jesus" + "Christ" reveal the divine wholeness at the heart of things--and what that means for every one of us.
In his decades as a globally...
| Author | Gerald G. May |
| ISBN | 0060750553 |
A distinguished psychiatrist, spiritual counsellor and bestselling author shows how the dark sides of the spiritual life are a vital ingredient in deep, authentic, healthy spirituality.
Gerald G. May, MD, one of the great spiritual teachers and writers of our time, argues that the dark...
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 Heart of Centering Prayer: Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice
| Author | Cynthia Bourgeault |
| ISBN | 1611803144 |
Perceiving nondual awareness through the Christian contemplative method called Centering Prayer--an in-depth introduction to theory and practice by the best-selling author The Wisdom Jesus and The Meaning of Mary Magdalene.
Centering Prayer is the path to a wonderful and radical new way...
| Author | Bernard of Clairvaux |
| ISBN | 0879071141 |
Perhaps Bernard's most delightful tract, On Loving God posits that everything good in human persons is an expression of God's love and by love the person may participate in the being of the triune God. In a new analytic commentary, Stiegman examines Bernard's language, logic, and theology, demonstrating...
Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion
| Author | Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove |
| ISBN | 0830845348 |
"I am a man torn in two. And the gospel I inherited is divided."
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove grew up in the Bible Belt in the American South as a faithful church-going Christian. But he gradually came to realize that the gospel his Christianity proclaimed was not good news for everybody. The same...
Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies
| Author | Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung |
| ISBN | 1587432323 |
Contemporary culture trivializes the "seven deadly sins," or vices, as if they have no serious moral or spiritual implications. Glittering Vices clears this misconception by exploring the traditional meanings of gluttony, sloth, lust, and others. It offers a brief history of how the vices were...
The Philokalia, Volume 1: The Complete Text
| Author | G.E.H. Palmer |
| ISBN | 0571130135 |
The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, then translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has exercised an influence in the recent...
Becoming Dallas Willard: The Formation of a Philosopher, Teacher, and Christ Follower
| Author | Gary W. Moon |
| ISBN | 0830846107 |
ECPA 2019 Christian Book Award Finalist
2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalists
Dallas Willard was a personal mentor and inspiration to hundreds of pastors, philosophers, and average churchgoers. His presence and ideas rippled through the lives of many prominent...
