Practical Spirituality According To The Desert Fathers

Author : Athanasius Iskander
Publisher : St Shenouda Monastery
ISBN 13 : 9780980517118
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Spirituality According to the Desert Fathers written by Athanasius Iskander and published by St Shenouda Monastery. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Bible tells what people need to do to reach perfection and earn eternal life, it does not tell how. Fr. Iskander borrowed methods and techniques from the Holy Fathers and provided wise instructions on how to practically apply them to the struggles faced by young Orthodox people living in the 21st century.

Author : Andrew Arndt
Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 1641584513
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Streams in the Wasteland written by Andrew Arndt and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if our exhaustion, burnout, and pain are an invitation into a more vibrant faith?Christianity is fighting for its soul. We've enjoyed the benefits of power and privilege for so long that many of us have forgotten the radical way of Jesus. But we have been here before. And there is a way through. Within a few hundred years after the death and resurrection of Jesus, Christianity emerged as the dominant religion of the Roman Empire. Where it once took courage to be a Christian, suddenly it was easy, and the radical way of Jesus was being lost. Toward the end of the fourth century, a group of men and women began to withdraw from the halls of privilege and power into the desert to rediscover the essence of Jesus Christ. The stories and examples of these desert fathers and mothers are recorded for us. And their lives still speak by as they teach us: To embrace the disciplines of solitude, silence, and prayer; To pursue humility, generosity, and unity in rich relationship with others; To develop a keen eye for wisdom; and To lay down our rights for the good of others. The desert fathers and mothers found a way to live radically, humanly, and beautifully in a spiritually desolate and confusing time. So can we. Streams in the Wastelandis for all those who thirst for a better way--the radical way of Jesus amid the desert of our age.

Author : Father J. J. Edward
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595634591
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Practical Spirituality written by Father J. J. Edward and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "A Practical Spirituality," Father J.J. Edward, a Catholic priest and professor of philosophy at the National Seminary of Lahore, Pakistan, outlines how people can empower themselves by working toward humanism and peace. But to reach their full potential, people must work on their inner selves before they can think about social change and global transformation. Private victories must come before public victories. In the third millennium, only the spiritually fit will survive. Walk down a path that is faithful to your Christian ideals as you learn The basic elements of spirituality How spirituality ties into aging, a sense of mission, and work Ways to celebrate forgiveness The essentials of prayer The art of creating affluence And much more! Walk down a path that will help you become a better person and take steps to help the world become a more peaceful place in A Practical Spirituality.

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141907002
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Desert Fathers written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-03-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. In contrast to the formalised and official theology of the "founding fathers" of the church, the Desert Fathers were ordinary Christians who chose to renounce the world and live lives of celibacy, fasting, vigil, prayer and poverty in direct and simple response to the gospel. Their sayings were first recorded in the 4th century and consist of spiritual advice, anecdotes and parables. The Desert Fathers' teachings and lives have inspired poetry, opera and art, as well as providing spiritual nourishment and a template for monastic life.

Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780811201025
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wisdom of the Desert written by Thomas Merton and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1970 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ascetics of Scete and the Thebaid in the Egyptian Desert have been more often admired than known or understood. Translations by such scholars as Helen Waddell have done much to restore the true perspective. This new selection from the Latin 'Sayings of the Fathers' (Verba Seniorum) has been made by Thomas Merton with a special purpose. It is not only a translation and selection, but a new monastic redaction in the spirit of our own time. Merton has felt free, as a monk, to do what generations of monks before him have done. He has made a wholly independent and original use of material which is the traditional basis of Christian monastic spirituality." -- Dust jacket.

Author : Ananta Kumar Giri
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811308039
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Spirituality and Human Development written by Ananta Kumar Giri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores varieties of spiritual movements and alternative experiments for generation of beauty, dignity and dialogues, in a world where the rise of the religious in politics and the public sphere is often accompanied by violence. It examines how spirituality can contribute to human development, social transformations and planetary realizations, urging us to treat each other, and our planet, with evolutionary care and respect. Trans-disciplinary and trans-paradigmatic to its very core, this text opens new pathways of practical spirituality and humanistic action for both scholarship and discourse and offers an invaluable companion for scholars across religious studies, cultural studies and development studies.

Author : Lois Farag
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1621898539
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Balance of the Heart written by Lois Farag and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desert spirituality speaks to the mind and heart. It is a spirituality that helps us balance our work and daily obligations and figure out our priorities and the place of God in our lives. Desert spirituality addresses our most intimate thoughts and helps us analyze the roots of our spiritual setbacks. Its essence is to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, and mind (Matt 22:37). Starting in fourth-century Egypt, desert spirituality has become a global phenomenon. It has endured through the centuries because it is practical and simple; it tells us how to live out Scripture in our daily lives. It is also profound; it is deeply rooted in the theology of the incarnation and the renewal of creation by the resurrection. The desert fathers and mothers left us short wisdom sayings, revealing their inner experience in their long journey toward being with God. They speak about Scripture and prayer, but also about how to love our neighbors, discern our thoughts, and evaluate our daily activities. Come, learn from these desert dwellers as they teach us about the examination of thoughts, the discernment of the soul, and the balance of the heart.

Author : Michael W. McClellan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monasticism in Egypt written by Michael W. McClellan and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian monasticism began in Egypt over 1600 years ago, in the desert between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea, and spread through various Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant traditions. In the deserts of Egypt, sixteen centuries after the Desert Fathers, monasticism still thrives, and it is to these isolated monasteries in one of the world's most inhospitable environments that photographer Michael McClellan turns his lens. McClellan reveals the quiet, spiritual world of today's desert fathers in the Coptic monasteries of the Red Sea Mountains, Wadi al-Natrun, and Upper Egypt, and in the Greek Orthodox monastery of Saint Catherine at the foot of Mount Sinai. Illuminating the photographs are extracts from The Paradise of the Fathers, tales of the Desert Fathers collected by Saint Palladius.

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Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0879079592
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sayings of the Desert Fathers written by and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 1975-02-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer ascetics were remembered and in the fourth century written down in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and later Latin. Their Sayings were collected, in this case in the alphabetical order of the monks and nuns who uttered them, and read by generations of Christians as life-giving words that would help readers along the path to salvation.

Author : Gregory Mayers
Publisher : Liguori Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780892439300
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Listen to the Desert written by Gregory Mayers and published by Liguori Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1500-year-old wisdom of the "Desert Fathers & Mothers" is becoming a refreshingly attractive resource for coping with contemporary breakdowns in personal & cultural norms. "Desert Wisdom" refers to a spiritual philosophy that arose when the Roman Empire, after centuries of persecuting Christians, suddenly claimed earthly power in the name of Christ after the conversion of Constantine. Those who longed for the discipline & courage of the earlier martyrs migrated to the deserts of Egypt. These fourth-century desert mystics left a legacy of wisdom & a way of life that is relevant wherever society suffers a spiritual upheaval. Mayers presents the ancient thought & lifestyle through traditional Wisdom Stories in which characters, actions, & sayings address deep, universal human needs. This insightful collection draws from hermit monks & nuns ("abbas" & "ammas") known to history only as Moses, Poeman, Syncletica, Macarius, Ammonas, Evagrius, Sisoes the Theban, & Bessaron. Each chapter begins with a brief story that has been used for centuries to sharpen spiritual awareness & contemplative practice. Mayers follows with provocative interpretations of the lessons taught by the masters, & concludes with contemporary applications that blend psychology & spirituality. Readers with a special interest in the evolution of spiritual consciousness as well as those with little background in monastic spirituality will find much here that is both enlightening & nourishing.