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by Lorraine Kisly

This wide-ranging collection is a treasury of writings on prayer from throughout the history of Christianity. The material is arranged according to theme, such as praise, thanksgiving, repentance, and purification.

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From John Chrysostom in the fourth century to Teresa of Avila in the sixteenth to William Butler Yeats in the twentieth, this wide-ranging collection is a treasury of writings on prayer from throughout the history of Christianity. Lorraine Kisly has arranged the material according to the great general themes of prayer--such as praise, thanksgiving, repentance, and purification--to make this anthology serve as a course in Christian prayer for anyone, as well as a marvelous companion for the contemplative journey in general. "If this book is read truly," says Bishop Seraphim Sigrist, in his introduction, "the reader will surely find the beginning of prayer itself, and this is to open another book with no end at all." Christian Teachings on the Practice of Prayer features writings by:
- Angela of Foligno
- Augustine of Hippo
- Bernard of Clairvaux
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Ephrem of Syria
- Francis of Assisi
- John Donne
- George Fox
- C. G. Jung
- S ren Kierkegaard
- C. S. Lewis
- Martin Luther
- Thomas Merton
- Meister Eckhart
- Henri Nouwen
- Flannery O'Connor
- Marguerite Porete
- Seraphin of Sarov
- Teresa of Avila
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- John Wesley
- Evelyn Underhill
- many more

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  • Title Christian Teachings on the Practice of Prayer: From the Early Church to the Present
  • Author Lorraine Kisly
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher New Seeds, Boston, Massachsetts
  • Date 2006-01-10
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781590302996 / 1590302990
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.38 x 5.58 x 0.77 in (21.29 x 14.17 x 1.96 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Prayer - Christianity
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005051104
  • Dewey Decimal Code 248.32

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"Not a book to be read, but a book to be savored. Beautifully structured, it leads us through twelve cycles to the very heart of prayer. Our companions along the way are the great voices of the Christian tradition, past and present, some well-known and some new acquaintances. Each page, indeed paragraph, invites lingering and prayerful pondering."—Margaret Guenther, author of The Practice of Prayer

"Lorraine Kisly has cast her net far and wide, and the catch is heavy, but the boat isn't swamped. A wonderful generosity of spirit animates this anthology."—John Wilson, editor, Christianity Today

"Again and again, the same peace, the same stillness, the same quality of focused attention. Even the skeptical reader begins to believe that they are not talking about nothing, these voices so widely scattered in place and time. As for the bold reader, she begins to consider trying it."—Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography

About the author

For more than twenty years, Lorraine Kisly has studied and worked with the texts of the great religious traditions. She was the editor of Parabola: Myth, Tradition, and the Search for Meaning; the founding publisher of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and editor of Tricycle Books; and publisher of Pilgrim Press. Her earlier collection, Ordinary Graces: Christian Teaching on the Interior Life, was published in 2000. She lives in rural Pennsylvania.
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