A soul-centered life
Subtitle: exploring an animated spirituality
By: Michael Demkovich
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814655122; 9780814657287
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I: Understanding spirituality; title: Challenges; title: Perspectives on spirituality; title: Spirituality as liturgy; title: Spirituality as academic discipline; title: Spirituality as history; title: Spirituality and theology; title: Keeping the spiritual life alive; title: The life of the soul; title: The intellectually meaningful life; title: The morally desirable life; title: Soul-centered : psyche or anima; title: Animation; title: Important benefits; title: Animating spirituality; title: Methodology : what does spirituality examine?; title: How the factors work; title: Approaching spirituality; title: Part II: Spiritual animation; title: Run the good race : the ascetical approach; title: Meet an ascetic : Maximus the Confessor; title: Ascetic spirituality; title: Early Christianity; title: My struggle is one with Christ; title: Christian asceticism : the Victor's crown; title: The word made flesh, dwelling among us : the mystical approach; title: Meet a mystic : Catherine of Siena; title: Mystical spirituality; title: Christ our light and in His light we see light; title: Christian mysticism : union with God; title: God's beauty fills the earth : the aesthetical approach; title: Meet an aesthetic : Ignatius of Loyola; title: Aesthetic spirituality; title: A changing world; title: Christian aestheticism : God in spirit and in truth; title: The grandeur of God; title: Lord, when did we see you in need : the social-critical approach; title: Meet a social-criticalist : Mother Teresa of Calcutta; title: Social-critical spirituality; title: Modernity; title: Post-modernity; title: Christian social-criticalism : those poor or afflicted in any way; title: The study of spirituality : do you love me, feed my sheep; title: The critical study of spirituality : be transformed by the renewal of your mind; title: Animating spirituality.