The Westminster dictionary of Christian spirituality
By: edited by Gordon S. Wakefield.
Contributors: Wakefield, Gordon S.
Publisher: Westminster Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Spirituality -- Dictionaries
Description: "Ecumenical in character, this comprehensive and authoritative dictionary is the achievement of scholars of international standing--Anglicans, Roman Catholics, Baptists, Presbyterians, Quakers, Methodists, Lutherans, and others ... The articles are nondogmatic and scholarly ... The main emphasis is thematic--the entries represent types, schools, and subjects. Articles that refer to non-Christian religions ... are included insofar as they have influenced Christianity. The unifying theme of the dictionary is that it seeks to illumine ways in which women and men have responded to God in prayer and living ..."
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Published simultaneously under title: A Dictionary of Christian spirituality.