A History of Christian Spirituality and co-editor of Women's Uncommon

and co-editor of Women's Uncommon Prayers

We have taken as our starting point Jesus’ summary of the commandments

Readers will find and array of reactions and approaches as the couples profiled in this book describe how they tacked these topics

and making decisions

Episcopal deaconesses

A History of Christian Spirituality and co-editor of Women's UncommonThis 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,