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Tools Matter : Beginning the Spiritual Journey

How can Christians tend the garden of their souls? Meg Funk turns to the wisdom of the desert fathers for the means of removing obstacles to spiritual growth, which include thoughts of food, sex, possessions, anger, dejection, and pride, among other preoccupations. Redirecting thought away from such...

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Autor principal: Funk, Mary Margaret
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collegeville, MN : Liturgical Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Iconographer's Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Thoughts: A Teaching from the Desert Tradition; Chapter 2: Afflictions; Chapter 3: Antidotes for the Afflictions; Chapter 4: Tools for the Journey; Chapter 5: More Tools; Chapter 6: Tools for Living Together; Chapter 7: Serious Tools to Discern (Sort); Chapter 8: The Limitations of Tools; Conclusion: When Tools Don't Matter; Appendix: The Biblical Practice: Antirrhetikos; Notes; Select Bibliography.