Christian spirituality
Subtitle: God's presence through the ages
By: Richard J. Woods.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Maryknoll, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781570756443
Subjects: Church history.; Spirituality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Jesus and his followers : God's abiding presence; title: The first Christians : religious rivalry and the quest for wisdom; title: Fire on earth : charism and crisis in the early church; title: Martyrs : the seed of the church; title: Ordinary faith and spiritual ferment; title: The desert and the city; title: The age of Augustine; title: Dark Ages : new light in the West; title: From the world's two ends : Greeks and Celts; title: The rebirth of Christendom; title: Spiritual reform and military conquest; title: Spiritual explosion; title: The golden age; title: The mystical revolution of the fourteenth century; title: The autumn of Christendom; title: Dismemberment and rebirth; title: Fracture and reform : Protestant versus Catholic; title: Schism, persecution, and Catholic reform; title: Houses divided : from the new world to enlightenment; title: Progress and reaction; title: The twentieth century : crisis and renewal; title: The third millennium : darkness before dawn.