Spiritual Classics by Richard Foster
A year's plan of carefully selected spiritual readings from ancient and contemporary writers with questions, exercises and commentary for individual or group use. The result is a wealth of spiritual treasures to enrich and delight. Richard Foster's best-selling Celebration of Discipline provides the framework for this new work. The twelve spiritual disciplines featured are now developed as the themes for selected readings and study helps. The 12 spiritual disciplines are: Inward disciplines Prayer Meditation Fasting Study Outward disciplines Simplicity Solitude Submission Service Corporate disciplines Confession Worship Guidance Celebration Christian classic writers will include Augustine of Hippo, John Henry Newman, Thomas Merton, as well as 20th century authors such as, Simone Weil, Catherine Marshall and Joyce Huggett. Each reading will be followed by an introduction to the life and work of that author, as well as relevant scriptural quotations, questions for discussion, suggested exercises and a reflective commentary by Richard Foster.
Richard Foster is possibly the foremost writer today on spirituality in the Christian Church. He speaks widely around the world and especially in the UK and New Zealand. The Director of Renovare -- a project to encourage spiritual renewal -- he is a former visiting professor at Azusa Pacific University in California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780006281283 |
| ISBN 10 | 0006281281 |
| Title | Spiritual Classics |
| Author | Richard Foster |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1999-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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