Sources of Transformation

Revitalising Christian Spirituality

Edward Howells (Anthology Editor) , Peter Tyler (Anthology Editor)

Sources of Transformation

Revitalising Christian Spirituality

Edward Howells (Anthology Editor) , Peter Tyler (Anthology Editor)

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A group of leading scholars has written a book arguing for the revitalisation of Christian spiritual traditions. Relying heavily on the spiritual genius of the great masters of the past - Augustine, Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa of Avila - this is also a book culturally attuned to men and women today. There are brilliant chapters on Samuel Beckett, Patrick Kavanagh, and Tony de Mello, and on the value of past classics for present spiritual growth.

There is here no intellectual pirouetting - this is the theology of experience and of existential openness to transcendence.

Introduction \ 1. Befriending the Vacuum by James Alison (University of Oxford) \ 2. Humans as Imago Dei by Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago) \ 3. Tolle Lege by David Lonsdale (Heythrop College, London) \ 4. Visionary Women by Bernadette Flanagan (All Hallows College, Dublin) \ 5. The Spiritual Exercises by Gerald O'Collins (Gregorian, Rome and St Mary's UC, Strawberry Hill) \ 6. Kavanagh Poet of the Imagination by Una Agnew (Milltown Institute, Dublin) \ 7. Spiritual Transformation in Augustine by Edward Howells (Heythrop) \ 8. Transformation in the Carmelite Rule by Michael Plattig (University of Minster) \ 9. From Absurdity to Apophaticism by David Torevell (Liverpool Hope) \ 10. Teresa of Avila's Strategies of Embodiment by Peter Tyler (St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill) \ 11. Augustinian Anxiety by Jeremy Worthen (University of Kent) \ 12. The Body by Stefan Reynolds (Heythrop College) \ 13. Unlikely Prophets of an Erotic God by Michael Kelly (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) \ 14. Authentic Spirituality and a Journey with Incest by Michael O'Sullivan (Milltown Institute and All Hallows College, Dublin City University)

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Published	28 Oct 2010
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	224
ISBN	9781441125750
Imprint	Continuum
Dimensions	234 x 156 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Edward Howells

Dr Edward Howells is Lecturer in Christian Spiritu…

Anthology Editor

Peter Tyler

Peter Tyler is Senior Lecturer and Programme Direc…

This book is well worth the time and effort it takes to read and consider the analyses being offered... Sources of Transformation does well in what it sets out to do.

The Furrow
'The essays are of excellent quality and, written by eminent theologians such as James Alison, Bernard McGinn, David Lonsdale, Bernadette Flanagan and several others, they demand serious attention.'

CR Quarterly Review
Attempting to reflect the variety in Christian approaches to transformation, this book is an eclectic collection of essays...Its diversity means that this collection is useful for anyone who wishes to broaden their appreciation of the variety of sources that might be used for transformative effect as well as some transformative approaches to these sources.

Tara K. Soughers, Reviews in Religion & Theology