AVAILABLE
TEXTS
Andrew Louth, Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition
Congregation for Divine Worship, Directory on Popular Piety
Andre Louf, Teach us to Pray
Derwas Chitty, The Desert, A City
Introductions 1-4; Appendixes 1-7 [all intro's & app's]
Introd. 2: Pre-Benedictine Monasticism in the West
Introd. 3: The Rule of Benedict [From the Sixth Century]
Introd. 4: The Rule in History
Apnd. 1: Terminology (Monk, Nun)
Apnd. 5: Formation and Profession
Apnd. 6: Interpretation of Scripture
Spiritual History Timeline (The same timeline available in the lectures)
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS:
1.
Are We Contemplatives, What is Our Future?, by
Luke Dysinger,
O.S.B.
Are_We_Contemplatives
2.
Chapter Four ("Devotion to Heaven") from The Love of Learning and the Desire
for God, A Study of Monastic Culture,
Jean Jeclercq, O.S.B.
Devotion_to_Heaven
3.
The Latin Apophthegmata (complete Latin Systematic Collection of the sayings of the Desert Fathers and
Mothers)
Latin_Syst_Collec
4.
Adolphe
Tanquerey,
The Spiritual Life, A Treatise on
Ascetical and Mystical Theology
1_Tanquerey.doc
Although recommended for several
decades as a seminary textbook, this classic work should be used with caution,
since many of the recommendations it contains reflect a rigid and to some extent
naive view of human psychology and spiritual formation. Since this is a
fairly large file, the best approach is probably to right-click on the link,
then download the file to your computer and open it once it has downloaded.
5. Jordan Aumann:
1)
Spiritual
Theology
2) Christian
Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition
1) Jewish and Ancient Mediterranean Spirituality:
Paul The Convert: The Apostolate and Apostasy of Saul the Pharisee, Alan F. Segal ch, 2; Scholarly discussion of St. Paul's mysticism.
Ilsetraut Hadot, The Spiritual Guide
Three pre-Christian Models of the Soul-Guide: Plato, Enoch, Cicero.
Galen, On the Doctrines of Plato and Hippocrates; On the Diagnosis and Cure of the Soul's Passions (ch 1-8),
Porphyry, The Life of Plotinus
2) Apophatic and Kataphatic Theology: The Spirituality of the New Testament:
Apophatic and Kataphatic Theology (Fundamental Biblical Texts; Select Bibliography)
3) Prayer and Mystical Vision in the Persecuted Church:
Ignatius of Antioch; Irenaeus; Polycarp of Smyrna; Cyprian; Tertullian
4) Christian Middle- and Neo-Platonism and the Beginnings of Mystical Theology:
Philo; Clement of Alexandria; Origen; Plotinus.
5) Christological Controversies and the meaning of Theosis:
Athanasius; Macrina; Basil and Gregory of Nyssa (on psalmody, prayer, epektasis); , Gregory Nazianzen; Gregory of Nyssa
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library:
http://www.ccel.org/
Extremely helpful source of primary texts in
church history, Christian spirituality, Christian music, and more
Cistercian History and Spiritulity: http://www.scourmont.be/scriptorium/Cadrescours.htm
[Irish] Corpus of electronic texts: http://celt.ucc.ie/publishd.html
Lectio Divina: Christian Spiritual Authors:
http://www.osb.org/lectio/
Index page of sources for spiritual reading;
many good primary texts in early Christian theology and spirituality.
The Holy See:
http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm
Official Website of the Holy See: papal and curial documents in different
languages.
The Ecole
Initiative:
http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/
"A Hypertext Encyclopedia of Early Church History" (and primary texts)
Christus Rex:
http://www.christusrex.org/
Christian Art, The Holy Land, Papal Documents
New Advent:
http://www.newadvent.org
Patristic Texts, The 1908 Catholic Encyclopedia, Hagiography
Ignatian
Spirituality:
http://www.jesuit.org/sections/sub.asp?SECTION_ID=192&SUBSECTION_ID=207
The Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius, Ignatian spirituality, and more.
Late Medieval
Hagiography:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/golden000.htm
The Golden Legend, published 1483
Christian History: http://www.christianhistorymagazine.org.