Reaching Out The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life

by Nouwen, Henri J. M.

• ISBN13: 9780385236829
• ISBN10: 0385236824
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-08-05
• Publisher: Image

Summary

With clarity and deep spiritual insight, this religious bestseller offers today's Christian a perceptive, systematic plan for living the spiritual life achieving union with God.

Author Biography

Henri J. M. Nouwen is a Catholic priest who has taught at several theological institutes and universities in his home country of the Netherlands and in the United States. He now shares his life with people with mental disabilities at the L'Arche-Daybreak Community in Toronto, Canada. He is the author of many books on the spiritual life

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Reaching Out to Our Innermost Self: The First Movement: From Loneliness to Solitude	p. 21
A Suffocating Loneliness	p. 23
A Receptive Solitude	p. 37
A Creative Response	p. 49
Reaching Out to Our Fellow Human Beings: The Second Movement: From Hostility to Hospitality	p. 63
Creating Space for Strangers	p. 65
Forms of Hospitality	p. 79
Hospitality and the Host	p. 101
Reaching Out to Our God: The Third Movement: From Illusion to Prayer	p. 111
Prayer and Mortality	p. 113
The Prayer of the Heart	p. 133
Community and Prayer	p. 149
Conclusion	p. 161
Notes	p. 163
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