. . . a gold mine of data concerning Eastern Christian spirituality.Anglican Theological Review

• CONTENTSINTRODUCTION   1CHAPTER 1. COURCES   51.  Common Sources   52.  The Spiritual Literature of the Various Churches   113.  The Trends of Eastern Spirituality   17CHPATER 2. LIFE IN GOD   291.  In the Holy Spirit   292.  Through Jesus Christ   343.  To the Father   42CHAPTER 3. THE NEW LIFE   551.  The Image and Likeness of God   552.  The Natural Life   623.  Progress in the Spiritual Life   684.  The Consciousness of Grace   71CHAPTER 4. CHRISTIAN ANTHROPOLGY   871.  Self-Knowledge   872. The Spirit and the Soul   943.  The Heart   1034.  The Body   107CHAPTER 5 SPIRITUAL COSMOLOGY   1251.  The World and Divine Providence   1252.  Evil and Providence   1353. The Cosmic Vocation of Man   130CHAPTER 6. SPIRITUAL SOCIOLOGY   1511.  The Universality of Christian Love   1512.  Unity in the Body of Christ   1573.  Man’s Concrete Obligations in Society   164CHAPTER 7. NEGATIVE PRAXIS   1771.  Praxis   1772.  Purification from Sin   1823.  Repentence   1894.  Penthos   193CHAPTER 8. THE FLIGHT FROM THE WORLD AND THE RENUNCIATION OF THE FLESH   2051.  The Christian is not of this World   2052.  The Solitary Life   2113.  Flight from the World in Cenobitism   2144.  Renunciation of the Flesh   217CHPATER 9. SPIRITUAL WARFATE   2331.  The Struggle Against Demons   2332.  Logismoi   2373.  Custody of the Heart   2424.  The Eight Evil Thoughts   248CHAPTER 10. PURFICATION OF THE PASSIONS   2671.  ‘Diseases of the Soul’   2672.  Apatheia   270CHPATER 11. POSITIVE PRAXIS   2831.  The Will of God   1832. The ‘Path of Virtue’   2883.  Charity   295CHPATER 12. PRAYER   3071.  The Essence of Prayer   3072.  The Degrees and the Types of Prayer   3113.  Unceasing Prayer   315CHAPTER 13. CONTEMPLATION   3271.  The Nature of Contemplation   3272. The Object of Contemplation   3293.  The Organ of Contemplation   3314.  Progress in contemplation   3355.  The Effects of Contemplation   340CONCLUSION   351TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS   357A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY   359AN INDEX OF USEFUL TEXTS   415TOPICAL INDEX   445NAMES INDEX   466

. . . a gold mine of data concerning Eastern Christian spirituality.Anglican Theological Review

• CONTENTSINTRODUCTION   1CHAPTER 1. COURCES   51.  Common Sources   52.  The Spiritual Literature of the Various Churches   113.  The Trends of Eastern Spirituality   17CHPATER 2. LIFE IN GOD   291.  In the Holy Spirit   292.  Through Jesus Christ   343.  To the Father   42CHAPTER 3. THE NEW LIFE   551.  The Image and Likeness of God   552.  The Natural Life   623.  Progress in the Spiritual Life   684.  The Consciousness of Grace   71CHAPTER 4. CHRISTIAN ANTHROPOLGY   871.  Self-Knowledge   872. The Spirit and the Soul   943.  The Heart   1034.  The Body   107CHAPTER 5 SPIRITUAL COSMOLOGY   1251.  The World and Divine Providence   1252.  Evil and Providence   1353. The Cosmic Vocation of Man   130CHAPTER 6. SPIRITUAL SOCIOLOGY   1511.  The Universality of Christian Love   1512.  Unity in the Body of Christ   1573.  Man’s Concrete Obligations in Society   164CHAPTER 7. NEGATIVE PRAXIS   1771.  Praxis   1772.  Purification from Sin   1823.  Repentence   1894.  Penthos   193CHAPTER 8. THE FLIGHT FROM THE WORLD AND THE RENUNCIATION OF THE FLESH   2051.  The Christian is not of this World   2052.  The Solitary Life   2113.  Flight from the World in Cenobitism   2144.  Renunciation of the Flesh   217CHPATER 9. SPIRITUAL WARFATE   2331.  The Struggle Against Demons   2332.  Logismoi   2373.  Custody of the Heart   2424.  The Eight Evil Thoughts   248CHAPTER 10. PURFICATION OF THE PASSIONS   2671.  ‘Diseases of the Soul’   2672.  Apatheia   270CHPATER 11. POSITIVE PRAXIS   2831.  The Will of God   1832. The ‘Path of Virtue’   2883.  Charity   295CHPATER 12. PRAYER   3071.  The Essence of Prayer   3072.  The Degrees and the Types of Prayer   3113.  Unceasing Prayer   315CHAPTER 13. CONTEMPLATION   3271.  The Nature of Contemplation   3272. The Object of Contemplation   3293.  The Organ of Contemplation   3314.  Progress in contemplation   3355.  The Effects of Contemplation   340CONCLUSION   351TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS   357A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY   359AN INDEX OF USEFUL TEXTS   415TOPICAL INDEX   445NAMES INDEX   466