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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD>Acknowledgments</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>11</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Abbreviations of Bible Translations</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>12</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Preface</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>13</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter 1 Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>17</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Perduring Types</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>18</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Mentors and Teachers</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>20</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Legacy of Pietism</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>21</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Continuing Questions</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>22</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter 2 In Quest of Spirituality</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>25</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Faith and Spirituality</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>26</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>True Spirituality</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>29</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Crisis in Spirituality</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>31</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter 3 Types of Spirituality</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>34</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Mystical Religion</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>35</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Biblical Religion</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>38</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>A New Spiritual Vision</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>42</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Ideal Types</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>46</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter 4 Classical Mysticism</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>49</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Mystical Experience</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>50</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The God Above God</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>51</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Eternal and the Temporal</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>52</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Ascent to Divinity</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>54</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Call to the Desert</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>57</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Church Within</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>59</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Biblical-Classical Synthesis</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>60</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Epilogue</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>68</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Appendix A: Christian Mysticism and Gnosticism</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>71</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Hallmarks of Gnosticism</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>71</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Differences from Christian Mysticism</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>73</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter 5 Biblical Personalism</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>77</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Sovereign, Creator God</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>78</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Divine-Human Encounter</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>80</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Scandal of Particularity</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>83</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Word and Spirit</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>85</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Salvation by Grace</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>87</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Paradoxical Love of the Cross</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>89</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Holy Worldliness</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>92</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Struggle of Prayer</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>94</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Great Commission</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>96</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Epilogue</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>98</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter 6 The New Spirituality</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>101</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Historical Roots</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>102</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The New Metaphysics</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>105</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Key Concepts</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>107</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Secular Mysticism</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>111</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Rebirth of the Gods</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>113</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Appendix B: The New Age Movement</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>116</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Trademarks of the New Age</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>117</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Precursors and Proponents</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>119</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Salient Symbols</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>121</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>A Royal Theology?</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>122</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Afterword</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>123</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter 7 Worldviews in Collision</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>125</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Authority</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>126</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Anthropology</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>127</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Doctrine of God</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>128</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Jesus Christ</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>129</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Life and Vocation</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>131</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Faith, Hope and Love</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>132</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Prayer and Action</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>133</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Ecclesiology and Eschatology</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>134</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Life and Faith</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>135</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Appendix C: An Unresolved Tension</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>137</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter 8 For Christ and His Kingdom</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>139</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>A Churchly Spirituality</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>140</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Dialogue with Mysticism</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>143</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Dialogue with Pentecostalism</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>146</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Freedom for Obedience</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>148</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Appendix D: Th��r��se of Lisieux: An Evangelical Saint?</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>151</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Appendix E: A Hymn of Pietism</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>156</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Notes</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>161</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Name Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>186</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Subject Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>190</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Scripture Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>192</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

Donald Bloesch surveys this history of Christian thinking on the nature of the spiritual life. In his own charitable, ecumenical yet evangelical way he provides incisive guidance toward a genuine Christian spirituality that is firmly rooted in biblical faith and fully aware of the positive contributions of various streams of Christian tradition, while critically engaging the current plethora of options being offered today. - Publisher

Spirituality old & new : recovering authentic spiritual life