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Christian Resources

Contemporary Christian Mystics and Teachers - Selected Readings
Classic Christian Mystics - a Beginning List
Chrisitan Philosophy and Theology - A Beginning List
On line Readings in Early Christian Writings

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Contemporary Christian Mystics and Teachers
Selected Readings

• Cardenal, Ernesto. To live is to love.
• Culligan, Kevin, Mary Jo Meadow, and Daniel Chowning. Purifying The Heart: Buddhist Meditation for Christians.
• De Mello, Anthony, SJ. Awareness ; A De Mello Spirituality Conference in His Own Words.
• De Mello, Anthony, SJ. Sadhana.
• Finley, James. Merton's Palace of Nowhere.
• Freeman, Laurence. Jesus: The Teacher Within.
• Hays, Edward. Pray All Ways.
• Keating, Thomas. Open Mind Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel.
• Merton, Thomas. New Seeds of Contemplation.
• Merton, Thomas. Thoughts in Solitude.
• Nemeck, Francis Kelly, OMI, and Marie Theresa Coombs, Hermit. O Blessed Night!: Recovering from Addiction, Codependency, and Attachment Based on the Insights of St. John of the Cross and Pierre Teilhard De Char.
• Nouwen, Henri J. M. The Way of the Heart: Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Ministry.
• Nouwen, Henri J. M. With Open Hands.
• Nouwen, Henri J. M. The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society.
• Roberts, Bernadette. The Experience of No-Self: A Contemplative Journey.
• Rohr, Richard. Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
• Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. The Divine Milieu (Perennial Classics).
• Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. The Phenomenon of Man.
• Vanier, Jean. From Brokenness to Community (Harold M. Wit Lectures).

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Classic Christian Mystics - a Beginning List

• Chittister, Joan, OSB. The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages (Crossroad Spiritual Legacy Series).
• Chittister, Joan, OSB.Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today.
• Clarke, John, OCD, trans. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux, Third Edition.
• Colledge, Edmond, OSA, and James Walsh, SJ, trans. and introduction.Julian of Norwich: Showings (Classics of Western Spirituality).
• De Caussade, Jean Pierre. Self Abandonment to Divine Providence.
• De Caussade, Jean Pierre. Sacrament of the Present Moment, The.
• Fox, Matthew. Breakthrough, Meister Eckhart's creation spirituality, in new translation.
• Henry, Patrick, ed. Benedict’s Dharma: Buddhists Refl ect on the Rule of St. Benedict.
• Kavanaugh, Kieran, OCD, and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD, trans. The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross.
• Lawrence, Brother. The Practice of the Presence of God: With Spiritual Maxims.
• Levko, John J. Cassian’s Prayer for the 21st Century.
• Palmer, G. E. H., Philip Sherrard, and Kallistos Ware, ed. and trans. The Philokalia, Volume 1: The Complete Text; Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain & St. Markarios of Corinth (Philokalia Vol. I).
• Peers, E. Allison, trans. Interior Castle — Saint Theresa of Avila.
• Plattig, Michael, O. Carm. “Freedom to Souls: Spiritual Accompaniment According to the Carmelite Tradition,” in Tending the Holy: Spiritual Direction Across Traditions, ed. Norvene Vest.
• Radier, Beatrice, ed. The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works (Penguin Classics).
• Toner, Jules J. Commentary on Saint Ignatius Rules for Discernment of Spirits: A Guide to the Principles and Practice (Hadronic Press Monographs in Mathematics). Ward, Benedicta, SLG, trans. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers.

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Christian Philosophy and Theology - A Beginning List

• Fox, Matthew. Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality.
• Funk, Robert W., Roy W. Hoover, and the Jesus Seminar. The Five Gospels: What Did Jesus Really Say? The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus.
• Groeschel, Benedict J. Spiritual Passages: The Psychology of Spiritual Development.
• Hick, John, and Paul F. Knitter, eds. The Myth of Christian Uniqueness: Toward a Pluralistic Theology of Religions.
• Keenan, John P. The Gospel of Mark: A Mahayana Reading.
• McBrien, Richard P. Catholicism.
• Peck, M. Scott. People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil.
• Swidler, Leonard, ed. Toward a Universal Theology of Religion.
• Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. The Divine Milieu.
• Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. The Phenomenon of Man.
• Thompson, Helen, BVM. Journey Toward Wholeness: A Jungian Model of Adult Spiritual Growth.
• Walsh, John. Evangelization and Justice: New Insights for Christian Ministry.

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On line Readings in Early Christian Writings — Websites

• http://www.ccel.org (Christian Classic Ethereal Library)
• http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html (Internet Medieval Sourcebook)
• http://www.earlychristianwritings.com (Early Christian Writings)

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