Surrender to Christ for Mission

Philip Sheldrake is professor and director of the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Spirituality at Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas. He is also senior research associate of the Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, and senior research fellow in the Cambridge Theological Federation (Westcott House). Philip Sheldrake trained in history and theology and was awarded the DD (Higher Doctorate) in 2015 by the University of Oxford. He has taught and written extensively on Christian spirituality, is author or editor of seventeen books, and is past president of the international Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality.

"Surrender to Christ for Mission is a masterful guide to the extraordinarily rich, though sometimes underappreciated, French spiritual traditions of the 17th through the 19th centuries. This collection of well-written and reader-friendly essays, authored by a team of distinguished specialists in the field of Christian spirituality, offers a fresh, timely, and judicious introduction to these traditions' major figures and themes that makes this book an essential resource for both the scholar and the general reader."Joseph F. Chorpenning, OSFS, President, International Commission for Salesian Studies (ICSS)

• CONTENTSContributorsPrefaceIntroductionPhilip SheldrakePart OneChapter OneAbandoned for Love: The Gracious Legacy of French Spiritual Traditions Wendy M. WrightChapter TwoSurrendering to Christ for Mission: The Transformation of a Young Enthusiast Frank Santucci, OMIChapter ThreeA Distant Mirror: Is the French School of Spirituality Still Relevant?Ronald D. Witherup, PSSPart TwoChapter FourCaptured Yet Free: The Rich Symbolism of the Heart in French Spirituality Wendy M. WrightChapter FiveOasis of Gentleness in a Desert of Militancy: François de Sales’s Contribution to French Catholicism Thomas A. DonlanChapter SixWomen and the French School of Spirituality Mary Christine Morkovsky, CDPChapter SevenSaint Vincent de Paul: The Practical Mystic Thomas F. McKenna, CMChapter EightSanctification, Solidarity, and Service: The Lay Spirituality of Antoine Frédéric Ozanam Raymond L. SickingerChapter NineAbandonment and Apostolic Charity in Thérèse of Lisieux, Daughter of the “French School” Mary Frohlich, RSCJChapter TenOur Perennial Fascination with Thérèse of Lisieux Ronald Rolheiser, OMIEpilogue: Fragments of Our Conversation—Some Poignant Echoes Ronald Rolheiser, OMIIndex