Discerning Religious Life

Discerning Religious Life
Title Discerning Religious Life PDF eBook
Author Clare Matthiass
Publisher
Pages 227
Release 2017-04-20
Genre Discernment (Christian theology)
ISBN 9780989621250

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A guide to help Catholic women discover a vocation to religious life.

Chinese Religious Life

Chinese Religious Life
Title Chinese Religious Life PDF eBook
Author David A. Palmer
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 292
Release 2011-09-13
Genre Religion
ISBN 0199731381

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Offering an introduction to religion in contemporary China, the essays in this volume consider many diverse themes including religion in urban, rural and ethnic minority settings and the historical, sociological, economic and political aspects of religion on the country as a whole.

The Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life

The Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life
Title The Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life PDF eBook
Author Roy Wallis
Publisher Routledge
Pages 253
Release 2019-03-19
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0429678401

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This book, first published in 1984, examines the whole range of new religious movements which appeared in the 1960s and 1970s in the West. It develops a wide-ranging theory of these new religions which explains many of their major characteristics. Some of the movements are well-known, such as Scientology, Krishna Consciousness, and the Unification Church. Others such as the Process, Meher Baba, and 3-HO are much less known. While some became international, others remained local; in other ways, too, such as style, belief, organisation, they exhibit enormous diversity. The movements studied here are classified under three ideal types, world-rejecting, world-affirming and world-accommodating, and from here the author develops a theory of the origins, recruitment base, characteristics, and development patterns which they display. The book offers a critical exploration of the theories of the new religions and analyses the highly contentious issue of whether they reflect the process of secularisation, or whether they are a countervailing trend marking the resurgence of religion in the West.

In Our Own Words

In Our Own Words
Title In Our Own Words PDF eBook
Author Juliet Mousseau
Publisher Liturgical Press
Pages 256
Release 2018
Genre Religion
ISBN 0814645208

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Written by a diverse group of younger women religious from North America, In Our Own Words offers a collection of essays on issues central to apostolic religious life today. The thirteen authors represent different congregations, charisms, ministries, and histories. The topics and concerns that shape these chapters emerged naturally through a collaborative process of prayer and conversation. Essays focus on the vows and community life, individual identity and congregational charisms, and leadership among younger members leading into the future. The authors hope these chapters may form a springboard for further conversation on religious life, inviting others to share their experiences of religious life in today's world.

Introduction to the Spiritual Life

Introduction to the Spiritual Life
Title Introduction to the Spiritual Life PDF eBook
Author Brant Pitre
Publisher Image
Pages 337
Release 2021-11-02
Genre Religion
ISBN 0525572767

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A compelling exploration of the biblical foundations, contemplative practices, and spiritual path of Jesus himself—from the bestselling author of The Case for Jesus “What happens when a biblical theologian explores classic spirituality? This book. Pitre’s students have asked, Why have we never heard this before? The reader wonders the same.”—Dr. David Fagerberg, author of Liturgical Mysticism The path of following Jesus is an ancient and storied spiritual tradition. Yet many believers are not familiar with the three major forms of prayer and the three stages of spiritual growth that exist to bring them closer to God. In his most personal book yet, Brant Pitre, PhD, draws on the riches of the Bible, the words of Jesus, and the writings of mystics across the centuries to shed light on the mystery—and wonder—of the spiritual life. Starting with the age-old belief that the path of prayer is not only informative but transformative, Dr. Pitre explores • the scriptural roots of the major forms of prayer: vocal prayer, meditation, and contemplation • the purgative, illuminative, and unitive stages of spiritual growth • the spiritual exercises of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving • the Jewish roots of the Lord’s Prayer • Lectio Divina: how to pray with the Bible • seven vices and their seven opposing virtues • the battle of prayer: how to deal with difficulty and distractions • the “dark night of the soul” in the Scriptures Full of sacred truths, contemplative insights, and practical steps, Introduction to the Spiritual Life is a biblical road map of the spiritual landscape that enables us to follow Jesus as our primary guide.

Religious Life for Our World

Religious Life for Our World
Title Religious Life for Our World PDF eBook
Author Maria Cimperman
Publisher
Pages 248
Release 2020
Genre Religion
ISBN 9781626983809

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This book brings together God's call, the cries of the world and of the earth today, and charisms in consecrated life in a way that dynamically engages the vows, prayer, community, and ministry for the particular time and contexts in which we live. Here is a valuable theological and pastoral resource for the conversion, transformation, and revitalization needed in consecrated life today.

Priesthood in Religious Life

Priesthood in Religious Life
Title Priesthood in Religious Life PDF eBook
Author Stephen Bevans
Publisher Liturgical Press
Pages 232
Release 2018-09-27
Genre Religion
ISBN 0814684785

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This is the first book in English on priesthood in religious life to be published in twenty years. Its fourteen contributors search for new ways forward in the understanding of the distinct identity and ministry of religious men—committed to community, the prophetic lifestyle of vows or promises, and the particular charisms of their congregations—who have also answered the call to priesthood. Essays in this collection include reflections from a bishop, from the perspective of a lay theologian, from an expert in the social sciences, and on Pope Francis’s teachings on priesthood. Included as well are essays that are rooted in particular cultural traditions, in spirituality, and in canon law.