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
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781570757884
Subjects: Spiritual life; Contemplation; Compassion -- Religious aspects; Spiritual life -- Christianity; Compassion -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Description: "Through biographical reflections and selected writings, this anthology highlights the essential teachings of a dozen modern spiritual masters, each of whom embodied a form of engaged spirituality - attuned both to God and the needs of a wounded world. Each opposed a style of spirituality focused entirely on the inner life, while at the same lime stressing the importance of prayer and silence as the foundation for service and activism. Balancing contemplation and compassion, these figures - including some of the world's best-known spiritual writers - represent a model of spirituality sensitive to tradition as well as the challenges of our time."--Jacket.
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.