Guidelines for Mystical Prayer

Ruth Burrows

ISBN 10: 0722076630 / ISBN 13: 9780722076637

Published by Sheed and Ward, 1976

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Guidelines for Mystical Prayer (Hart Library).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Guidelines for Mystical Prayer
• Publisher: Sheed and Ward
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0722076630
• ISBN 13: 9780722076637
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Burns &Oates are proud to reissue Ruth Burrows' critically acclaimed work of spiritual theology, 'Guidelines for Mystical Prayer'.When first published in 1976, spiritual theology as reflection on spiritual experience was a growing trend; but at the same time there was a new interest in, and a return to, the classical Carmelite theology of prayer, with an effort to formulate that theology in contemporary thought categories.' Guidelines for Mystical Prayer' embodies both tendencies. It offers a personal narrative, a reflection on the spiritual history of two gifted people, St Teresa and St John of the Cross; and yet it speaks clearly out of the Carmelite tradition, and in the language of today.Strong interest in Carmelite theology of prayer and the spiritual life has continued into the present; the recent success of Burrows' 'Essence of Prayer' is testament to this.

About the Author

Ruth Burrows is a Carmelite Nun from Quidenham in Norfolk, UK. She is the author of a number of bestselling books including Guidelines for Mystical Prayer and Essence of Prayer.