A History of Christian Spirituality Visit Elizabeth's website and blog

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A History of Christian Spirituality Visit Elizabeth's website and blogThis 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,