Penance, Contemplation, and Service : pivotal experiences of christian spirituality /
Madigan, Patrick, 1945-
Penance, Contemplation, and Service : pivotal experiences of christian spirituality / Patrick Madigan. - Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, c1994. - xvii, 210 p. ; 21 cm.
"A Michael Glazier book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210).
Prologue -- Introduction -- Part 1: Conversion -- The Egoism Conflict and the Shock of Recognition -- Kohlberg, the Enlightenment, and Freud -- The Contribution of (and Correction by) Alcoholics Anonymous -- Part 2: Contemplation -- Pleasure and Pain: Christian Epicureanism -- ASEITAS -- Advancing to the Throne -- The Discipline of Prayer -- Through the Looking Glass: The Journey to the Heavenly Court -- Monasticism as the "Pearl of Great Price" -- The Traditional Mass -- Transition: When Bad Things Happen to Good People -- Part 3: Response -- Responding to the Cross -- Psychological Obstacles to the Third Stage -- "Love God, and Do What You Will!" -- The Dialectic of Messiahship -- Part 4: The Historical Context of Faith -- The Hellenistic Worldview: Indifference to the Third Stage -- The Enlightenment Worldview: Apotheosis of the Third Stage -- The Critical backlash -- The Enlightenment Attack on Contemplation as "Schw©Þrmerei" -- Overcoming the Deadlock.
081465911X 9780814659113
93046441
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Spirituality--Catholic Church.
Conversion--Christianity.
Contemplation.
Service (Theology)
Christianity--Psychology.
BX2350.65 / .M333 1994
248 / MAD
Penance, Contemplation, and Service : pivotal experiences of christian spirituality / Patrick Madigan. - Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, c1994. - xvii, 210 p. ; 21 cm.
"A Michael Glazier book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210).
Prologue -- Introduction -- Part 1: Conversion -- The Egoism Conflict and the Shock of Recognition -- Kohlberg, the Enlightenment, and Freud -- The Contribution of (and Correction by) Alcoholics Anonymous -- Part 2: Contemplation -- Pleasure and Pain: Christian Epicureanism -- ASEITAS -- Advancing to the Throne -- The Discipline of Prayer -- Through the Looking Glass: The Journey to the Heavenly Court -- Monasticism as the "Pearl of Great Price" -- The Traditional Mass -- Transition: When Bad Things Happen to Good People -- Part 3: Response -- Responding to the Cross -- Psychological Obstacles to the Third Stage -- "Love God, and Do What You Will!" -- The Dialectic of Messiahship -- Part 4: The Historical Context of Faith -- The Hellenistic Worldview: Indifference to the Third Stage -- The Enlightenment Worldview: Apotheosis of the Third Stage -- The Critical backlash -- The Enlightenment Attack on Contemplation as "Schw©Þrmerei" -- Overcoming the Deadlock.
081465911X 9780814659113
93046441
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Spirituality--Catholic Church.
Conversion--Christianity.
Contemplation.
Service (Theology)
Christianity--Psychology.
BX2350.65 / .M333 1994
248 / MAD