God's Lovers in an Age of Anxiety

God's Lovers in an Age of Anxiety
Author: Joan M. Nuth
Publisher: Medieval English Mystics
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN:

Examines the extraordinary flowering of English spirituality in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.

The Age of Anxiety

The Age of Anxiety
Author: Pete Townshend
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473622921

The Age of Anxiety is a great rock novel, but that is one of the less important things about it. The narrator is a brilliant creation - cultured, witty and unreliable. The novel captures the craziness of the music business and displays Pete Townshend's sly sense of humour and sharp ear for dialogue. First conceived as an opera, The Age of Anxiety deals with mythic and operatic themes including a maze, divine madness and long-lost children. Hallucinations and soundscapes haunt this novel, which on one level is an extended meditation on manic genius and the dark art of creativity.

Julian of Norwich

Julian of Norwich
Author: Philip Sheldrake
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2018-09-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1119099668

A noted scholar examines the work of the English mystic Julian of Norwich Julian of Norwich is the late fourteenth-century and early fifteenth-century English woman theologian. With her mystical writings, she has become one of the most popular and influential spiritual figures of our times. In Julian of Norwich: In God's Sight, the eminent scholar Philip Sheldrake offers a study of the theology that Julian expresses in her writings. The author examines what is known about Julian’s mystical experience or mystical consciousness, discusses what can be surmised about Julian’s likely identity and places her writings in historical, cultural and spiritual contexts. Julian of Norwich: In God's Sight is based on a faithful reading of Julian’s texts, especially the Long Text, as well as on her own declared theological-spiritual purpose. This compelling book: Presents a contextually-grounded and text-related study of the key elements of Julian’s theology Offers a scholarly work by a well-known expert in the field Unlocks an ever-richer understanding of Julian’s writings Includes an examination of the key texts attributed to Julian Written for students of theology and those interested in learning more about this popular mystic, Julian of Norwich: In God's Sight offers ascholarly review of Julian’s most important writings.

The Anxious Christian

The Anxious Christian
Author: Rhett Smith
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 080247909X

Is anxiety “un-Christian”? Many Christians believe the answer to this question is yes! Understandably, then, many Christians feel shame when they are anxious. They especially feel this shame when well-intentioned fellow believers dismiss or devalue anxiety with Christian platitudes and Bible verses. Rhett Smith, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, helps us understand anxiety in a new way. Rhett argues that, rather than being destructive or shameful, anxiety can be a catalyst for our spiritual growth. Using Biblical thinking and personal examples, Rhett explains how anxiety allows us to face our resistance and fears, understand where those fears come from, and then make intentional decisions about issues such as career, marriage, money, and our spiritual lives. Allow this book to challenge your view of anxiety, and allow God to use your anxiety for good.

The Consolations of Theology

The Consolations of Theology
Author: Brian S. Rosner
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2008-04-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802860400

Inspired by Alain de Botton's bestselling Consolations of Philosophy, this volume shows how theology can be of practical value to every believer. The great theologians in the history of the church have always found that theology affords genuine comfort in the face of life's difficulties. InThe Consolations of Theology Brian Rosner and other practical theologians present a compelling blend of biography and theology that profoundly addresses the perennial human problems of anger, obsession, despair, anxiety, disappointment, and pain. Contributors: Gwenfair Walters Adams Robert Banks Peter Bolt Andrew Cameron Richard Gibson Brian Rosner Mark Thompson

Henri Nouwen

Henri Nouwen
Author: Wil Hernandez
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2006
Genre: Perfection
ISBN: 1616430885

Treating the New Anxiety

Treating the New Anxiety
Author: Kirk A. Bingaman
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2007
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780765704634

The post-9/11 age of supermodernity is characterized by an intensification of collective anxiety about the present and future state of the nation and the world. Our psychological and spiritual capacities are pushed to their limits. Through a cognitive-theological approach to the treatment of this intensified anxiety, Kirk Bingaman demonstrates that it is possible and indeed necessary to help those in our care to live meaningfully even in a time of great change and uncertainty.

Julian of Norwich and the Problem of Evil

Julian of Norwich and the Problem of Evil
Author: Richard Norton
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2023-10-26
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0718896165

Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love grapples with the same fundamental question that has vexed philosophers and theologians since the advent of monotheistic religion, and continues as a barrier to belief for many today. Namely, if God is so good, how can natural disaster, genocide, trauma - and my present suffering - occur? Historically, there have been two apparently very different approaches to the problem: the pastoral, or practical, on the one hand and the systematic on the other. However, Richard Norton suggests that these two lines of thought may not be as separate as they seem, and may indeed be dependent on one another for their cohesion. Drawing on Julian's medieval experience of personal and population-wide suffering, alongside that of more recent theologians such as Dorothy Solle and Jurgen Moltmann, Norton constructs a compassionate model of theodicy that can be of use to both pastoral and systematic theologians. Throughout, he remains sensitive to the raw atrocity of evil, while preserving a vision of God as the one who ensures that all shall be well.

A World Transfigured

A World Transfigured
Author: Philip Sheldrake
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2022-10-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814685129

In A World Transfigured: The Mystical Journey, Philip Sheldrake demonstrates the importance of the mystical dimension of religious belief and practice. Using the words of the great theologian, Karl Rahner, Sheldrake makes the case that the Christian of the future will be either a mystic or nothing at all. In our contemporary world, this judgment applies equally to other religions as well. After chapters on the meaning of “mysticism” and the connection between mysticism and beliefs, Sheldrake describes important dimensions of mystical writings, illustrated by a range of examples. These are “Love and Desire,” “Knowing and Unknowing,” “Wonder and Beauty,” “Mysticism and Everyday Practice,” and “The Mystic as Radical Prophet.” Finally, the book briefly explores why mysticism fascinates so many people in our modern times.

SCM Studyguide to Christian Spirituality

SCM Studyguide to Christian Spirituality
Author: Ross Thompson
Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0334040930

TheSCM Studyguide: Christian Spiritualityis designed as an introduction to spirituality for students of all religious backgrounds coming to the subject for the first time.