Explorations in spirituality : history, theology, and social practice /

Sheldrake, Philip.

Explorations in spirituality : history, theology, and social practice / Philip F. Sheldrake. - New York : Paulist Press, c2010. - vii, 243 p. : 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: what is spirituality? -- Part I. History, theology, and interpretation -- Spirituality and history : contexts and memories -- Interpreting texts and traditions : understanding and appropriation -- Spirituality and theology : belief and practice -- Trinity and anthropology : the self and spiritual transformation -- Part II. Spirituality and social transformation -- Prayer and social engagement : interiority and action -- Mysticism and social practice : the mystical and Michel de Certeau -- Thomas Merton and twentieth-century spirituality : seeking an authentic self -- Spirituality and reconciliation : Catholicity and hospitality -- Part III. Space and the sacred -- Spirituality and the city : urban visions, civic virtues -- Materializing the sacred : churches as spiritual texts.

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Spirituality--Catholic Church.

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