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Penance, Contemplation, and Service : pivotal experiences of christian spirituality / Patrick Madigan.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, c1994.Description: xvii, 210 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 081465911X
  • 9780814659113
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 248 MAD
LOC classification:
  • BX2350.65 .M333 1994
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Bishop Barham University College Library Open Access / General collection 248 MAD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 23587BBUC

"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.

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