An Anthology of Devotional Literature

Choice readings on prayer, meditation, and other aspects of spirituality buy Christian authors of two millennia.This new edition of Dr. Kepler's anthology brings you 140 classic articles on spirituality, gleaned from two millennia of Christian writing. Here are choice meditations of prayer, contemplation, and other aspects of the spiritual life. The Anthology is a rich library of the best Christian insights on the spiritual life in a single volume.Here you will find essays by Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Meister Eckhart and other saints of old. Modern writers such as Thomas Kelly, Evelyn Underhill, Rufus Jones, Thomas Merton, Howard Thurman and Richard J. Foster are also included.The Anthology contains sections from every major tradition of Christianity, a biographical sketch of each contributor written by Dr. Kepler, as well as author and topical indexes for quick reference.Thomas Kepler (1898- 1963) was a prolific Christian scholar who taught New Testament literature at Oberlin College when he first compiled this book.
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This revised edition of Dr. Kepler's anthology brings you 140 classic articles on prayer, meditation, and other aspects of spirituality by Christian authors of two millenia. Delve into a rich library of... Essays by Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Merton, Richard Foster, and others. Selections from every major tradition of Christianity. A biographical sketch of each contributor. Author and topical indexes included for quick reference.
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This new edition of Kepler's classic text provides "a heightened awareness of the long and rich tradition of devotional literature in Christian history" (James Earl Massey, from the Foreword). Essays on spirituality are featured by 134 authors, including Thomas Merton, Evelyn Underhill, Leo Tolstoy, John Wesley, Teresa of Avila, and Sundar Singh.
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