Of Martyrs, Monks, and Mystics: A Yearly Meditational Reader of Ancient Spiritual Wisdom

by Charles R. Ringma (Editor), Irene Alexander (Editor)

Overview

Everywhere there are voices calling for a new Reformation, marked by a return to the older sources of Christian wisdom, and for drinking anew the inspiration of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, the church fathers, those from the monastic tradition and the medieval Christian mystics. This anthology of original sources in contemporary English, structured in a meditational mode, could well be the rich resource you are looking for in hearing the ancient Christian wisdom. Here are the deep wells of theological and spiritual insight that could guide you in walking a renewed path of faith in our precarious world. These voices from the past may well help you in living against the tide of late modernity with its rationality and utilitarianism that cannot sustain a well-lived and well-loved life. This book could sustain the hope for a renewed world through life lived in the presence of the healing and empowering God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498209298
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	10/15/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	440
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Charles Ringma has taught in universities, colleges, and seminaries in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Asia. He has written many books on Christian spirituality, his latest being Hear the Ancient Wisdom. He is a companion of Northumbria Community-Brisbane and is a Franciscan Tertiary (TSSF). Visit faithcompanions.com.

Irene Alexander is a lecturer in counseling at the Australian Catholic University, Christian Heritage College and also in Asia. She is a spiritual director, formator and a companion of Northumbria Community-Brisbane. Her other books include A Glimpse of the Kingdom in Academia and Stories of Transformation and Hope: Mary's Gospel.
Charles Ringma is Emeritus Professor of Regent College, Vancouver; Research Professor at Asian Theological Seminary, Manila; and PhD Supervisor at The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Irene Alexander has a background in psychology, missions, and spiritual direction. She lectures at the Asian Theological Seminary in Manila, Philippines, and the Australian Catholic University in Brisbane, Australia, and also in spiritual direction formation. She is an elder of Servant to Asia's Urban Poor, a Companion of Northumbria Community and is a mother and grandmother.