Modern spiritual masters
Subtitle: writings on contemplation and compassion
By: edited by Robert Ellsberg.
Contributors: Ellsberg, Robert, 1955-
Series: Modern spiritual masters
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Maryknoll, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781570757884
Subjects: Spiritual life.; Contemplation.; Compassion -- Religious aspects.; Spiritual life -- Christianity.; Compassion -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Table of contents: title: Thomas Merton : contemplation and compassion; title: Mother Teresa : serving Jesus in his distressing disguise; title: Mahatma Gandhi : great soul of India; title: Madeline Delbril : missionary without a boat; title: Oscar Romero : voice of the voiceless; title: Catherine de Hueck Doherty : the Gospel without compromise; title: Howard Thurman : good news for the disinherited; title: Mother Maria Skobtsova : a monk in the world; title: Dom Helder Camara : mystic and prophet; title: Thea Bowman : a gift to the church; title: Henri Nouwen : a wounded healer; title: Dorothy Day : a new kind of holiness.