Spiritual Formation

4.33 (702 ratings by Goodreads)
Regular price €18.99
10-20
A01=Henri J. M. Nouwen
A01=Henri Nouwen
A02=Michael J. Christensen
A02=Rebecca J. Laird
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Henri J. M. Nouwen
Author_Henri Nouwen
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HRCS
Category=QRM
Category=QRVK
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_isMigrated=2
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
softlaunch

Product details

  • ISBN 9780281064212
  • Weight: 269g
  • Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Apr 2011
  • Publisher: SPCK Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days

Our Delivery Time Frames Explained
2-4 Working Days: Available in-stock

10-20 Working Days
: On Backorder

Will Deliver When Available
: On Pre-Order or Reprinting

We ship your order once all items have arrived at our warehouse and are processed. Need those 2-4 day shipping items sooner? Just place a separate order for them!

‘Spiritual formation, I have come to believe, is not about steps or stages on the way to perfection. It’s about the movements from the mind to the heart through prayer in its many forms that reunite us with God, each other, and our truest selves.’ Henri Nouwen, from the introduction Henri Nouwen, beloved author, priest and spiritual guide, counseled many people during his lifetime, but his principles of spiritual formation were never written down. Now, Michael Christensen, one of Nouwen’s longtime students, and Rebecca Laird have taken his famous course in spiritual formation and supplemented it with his unpublished writings to reveal Nouwen’s sage advice on how to live out the five classic stages of spiritual development. ‘I always knew I was in the presence of a spiritual master when I was with Henri Nouwen. Here are some simple, wise words that will allow the master to continue to teach.’ Richard Rohr, author of The Divine Dance ‘One of the book’s many strengths is its integration of an area especially important to Nouwen, the contemplation of icons and other works of art – visio divina – in order ‘to behold the beauty of the Lord’.’ Jim Forest, author of Praying with Icons and The Road to Emmaus
HENRI NOUWEN (1932–1996) is the author of Reaching Out, The Wounded Healer, Making All Things New and many other spiritual classics. He taught psychology and pastoral theology at Notre Dame, Yale and Harvard universities before becoming senior pastor of L’Arche Daybreak in Toronto, Canada, a community where men and women with mental disabilities and their assistants create a home for one another. Michael J. Christensen, Ph.D., is National Director of Communities of Shalom at Drew University, New Jersey, where he teaches spirituality and practical theology. He studied with Henri Nouwen at Yale Divinity School. Rebecca Laird, M.A., D. Min., is director of ministerial formation at Drew University, New Jersey, where she teaches spiritual formation and Christian ministry.