Open Mind, Open Heart 20th Anniversary Edition

Anniversary
ISBN: 978-0-8264-1889-0
Verlag: BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC US

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 126 mm x 199 mm, Gewicht: 221 g

This is the 20th anniversary edition of Continuum's best-selling spiritual classic, which has sold over half a million in the English language and has appeared in 10 foreign-language editions

- New edition of bestselling book on centering prayer

This is the 20th anniversary edition of Continuum's best-selling spiritual classic, which has sold over half a million in the English language and has appeared in 10 foreign-language editions (Croatian, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesia, Italian, Korean, Polish, and Portuguese). The new edition consists of a substantial new preface, an expanded glossary, some changes in terminology, and a reordering of several chapters.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keating, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliche Spiritualität, Christliche Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The History of Contemplative Prayer in the Christian Tradition
2. First Steps in Centering Prayer
3. The Sacred Word as Symbol
4. The Wanderings of the Imagination
5. The Birth of Spiritual Attentiveness
6. More Subtle Kinds of Thought
7. Unloading the Unconsciois
8. Summary of the Centering Prayer Method
9. The Intensive Centering Prayer Experience
10. What Contemplation Is Not
11. Dimensions of Contemplative Prayer
12. Methods of Extending the Effects of Centering Prayer into Daily Life
13. Guidelines for Christian Life, Growth and Transformation Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Father Thomas Keating is known throughout the world as an exponent, teacher, and writer on contemplative prayer. A Cistercian (Trappist) monk of St. Benedict’s Monastery, Snowmass, Colorado, he is a founder of the Centering Prayer Movement and of Contemplative Outreach. He is the author of numerous books, particularly of the trilogy Open Mind, Open Heart; Invitation to Love; and The Mystery of Christ.