Soul-centered Life: Exploring An Animated Spirituality

Introduction -- Part I: Understanding Spirituality -- Challenges -- Perspectives On Spirituality -- Spirituality As Liturgy -- Spirituality As Academic Discipline -- Spirituality As History -- Spirituality And Theology -- Keeping The Spiritual Life Alive -- The Life Of The Soul -- The Intellectually Meaningful Life -- The Morally Desirable Life -- Soul-centered : Psyche Or Anima? -- Animation? -- Important Benefits -- Animating Spirituality -- Methodology : What Does Spirituality Examine? -- How The Factors Work -- Approaching Spirituality -- Part Ii: Spiritual Animation -- Run The Good Race : The Ascetical Approach -- Meet An Ascetic : Maximus The Confessor -- Ascetic Spirituality -- Early Christianity -- My Struggle Is One With Christ -- Christian Asceticism : The Victor's Crown -- The Word Made Flesh, Dwelling Among Us : The Mystical Approach -- Meet A Mystic : Catherine Of Siena -- Mystical Spirituality -- Christ Our Light And In His Light We See Light -- Christian Mysticism : Union With God -- God's Beauty Fills The Earth : The Aesthetical Approach -- Meet An Aesthetic : Ignatius Of Loyola -- Aesthetic Spirituality -- A Changing World -- Christian Aestheticism : God In Spirit And In Truth -- The Grandeur Of God -- Lord, When Did We See You In Need? : The Social-critical Approach -- Meet A Social-criticalist : Mother Teresa Of Calcutta -- Social-critical Spirituality -- Modernity -- Post-modernity -- Christian Social-criticalism : Those Poor Or Afflicted In Any Way -- The Study Of Spirituality : Do You Love Me? Feed My Sheep -- The Critical Study Of Spirituality : Be Transformed By The Renewal Of Your Mind -- Animating Spirituality. Michael Demkovich. A Michael Glazier Book. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Author : Michael Demkovich

Publisher : Michael Glazier

Published Year : 2010

Format : Paperback, 176 pages

Language : English

ISBN : 0814655122

ISBN13 : 9780814655122