Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to spiritual theology : the theory that undergirds our practice / Robin Maas and Gabriel O'Donnell -- The roots of contemporary western spirituality. The spirituality of the early church : patristic sources / Boniface Ramsey ; Reading for holiness : lectio divina / Gabriel O'Donnell ; Monastic life and the search for God / Gabriel O'Donnell ; The pure gold of silence / Stephen Rossetti ; Mendicant spirituality / Gabriel O'Donnell ; Poverty and prayer / Ronald M. Mrozinski and Gabriel O'Donnell ; Devotio moderna : reforming piety in the later Middle Ages / Mark S. Burrows ; Getting ready to pray : the practice of spiritual disciplines / Gabriel O'Donnell -- Distinctive spiritual traditions. Lutheran spirituality / Bengt Hoffman ; A simple way to pray : Luther's instructions on the devotional use of the catechism / Robin Maas ; Ignatian spirituality / Barbara Bedolla and Dominic Totaro ; Accountability before God : the examen / John P. McIntyre ; The shape of Reformed piety / T. Hartley Hall IV ; Recovering faithfulness in our callings / Douglas F. Ottati ; The tradition of prayer in Teresa and John of the Cross / Steven Payne ; Practicing the presence of God : recollection in the Carmelite tradition / Robin Maas ; Anglican spirituality : a historical introduction / John N. Wall ; Praying the office : time stolen for God / Gabriel O'Donnell ; Wesleyan spirituality / Robin Maas ; Accountable discipleship : Methodism's quest to retrieve a tradition / Robin Maas ; Black spirituality / Jamie Phelps ; American Black worship : a mirror of tragedy and a vision of hope / William B. McClain -- The feminine dimension in Christian spirituality. Marian spirituality / Eamon R. Carroll ; Prayer, prayers, and popular devotion in Roman Catholicism / Gabriel O'Donnell and Robin Maas ; Holy women : their spiritual influence in the Middle Ages / Robin Darling Young ; The Eucharist and the continual remembrance of God / Gabriel O'Donnell and Robin Maas ; Feminism and spirituality / Marjorie Procter-Smith ; Wisdom calls to her children / Robin Maas.