A History of Christian Spirituality Church leaders

Church leaders

Episcopal deaconesses

and the Isle of Man

and co-editor of Women's Uncommon Prayers

Sermons for the major holy days as well as selections of Sundays throughout the year will be helpful to pastors preparing to preach

A History of Christian Spirituality Church leadersThis modern classic explores the key concepts and people who have shaped our Christian spiritual heritage. Concise and readable Holmes begins this introduction to Christian spirituality with the Jewish antecedents, and proceeds through the New Testament period, monasticism, the Middle Ages, Byzantine spirituality, and the modern period. Holmes ends his overview with key contemporary figures such as Simone Weil, Thomas Merton, and Martin Luther King,