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Free Download Nicki Verploegen, "Legacy of the Founders: From Monks to Missionaries"
English | 2012 | pages: 150 | ISBN: 0718892666 | PDF | 1,3 mb
In this helpful and insightful book, Nicki Verploegen delves into the two thousand years of history of the Catholic Church in order to unfold the development of spiritualities in Christianity. From a historical background, she explores how four distinct types of Christian spirituality evolved and rose to prominence in its religious, social, and political environments: monasticism, mendicancy, apostolic ministry, and missionary life. All of them became "schools" of spiritual formation which gave rise to the development of numerous religious communities. This book is also an exploration of thirteen of these distinct communities, and introduces the reader to the spiritual men and women who initiated the religious movement and founded them.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Schools of Spirituality in the Christian Tradition
PART I Monastic Spirituality
Introduction
1 Augustinian Spirituality: Hearts Aflame for the Trinity
2 Benedictine Spirituality: Christian Monastic Origins
3 Cistercians, Trappists, and Trappistines: Contemplatives in Community
PART II Mendicant Spirituality
Introduction
4 Franciscan Spirituality: Mendicants as Friars Minores
5 Dominican Spirituality: Friars Preachers of the Truth
6 Carmelite Spirituality: A Mendicant and Mystical Style
PART III Ministerial and Active Apostolic Spirituality
Introduction
7 Ignatian Spirituality: Spirituality in a World of Action
8 Redemptorist Spirituality: Preachers to the Populace
9 Salesian Spirituality: Living the Compassion of Jesus in Society
10 Marist Spirituality: A Marian Missionary Style
PART IV Missionary Spirituality
Introduction
11 Spirituality of the Spiritans: Missionaries and Educators to the Poor and Abandoned
12 Maryknoll Spirituality: Missionaries of Presence and Purpose
13 Spirituality of the Society of African Missions: Dedication to Africa
Epilogue
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