Reading the Christian spiritual classics :

Reading the Christian spiritual classics : a guide for evangelicals / edited by Jamin Goggin and Kyle Strobel. - Downers Grove, IL : IVP Academic, c2013 - 332 pages ; paperback ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Why should we read spiritual classics? / Steve L. Porter --
Temptations in reading spiritual classics / John H. Coe --
The value of spiritual classics in soul care / Betsy Barber --
The schools of Christian spirituality / Evan B. Howard --
Spiritual theology: a historical overview / Greg Peters --
Engaging classic literature : genre, use, value / James M. Houston --
Reading Catholic spirituality / Bruce Demarest --
Reading Orthodox spirituality / James R. Payton Jr. --
Reading spiritual classics as evangelical Protestants / Fred Sanders --
The Church Fathers and Mothers / Michael Glerup --
The Desert Fathers / Gerald L. Sittser --
The medieval traditions / Greg Peters --
The Reformation traditions / Timothy George --
The Puritan and Pietistic traditions / Tom Schwanda.

9780830839971 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2013005882


Christian literature--History and criticism.

248/REA