Jason M. Baxter (PhD, University of Notre Dame), an expert in medieval Catholic thought, is associate professor of fine arts and humanities at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming. He speaks at universities across the country and has written several books, including A Beginner's Guide to Dante's "Divine Comedy." Visit his website at JasonMBaxter.com.

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• ContentsIntroduction: The Soul from Whom God Hides Nothing1. The Christian of the Future in the Desert of Modernity: The Twentieth-Century Rediscovery of Ancient Mysticism2. Pagans Grope toward God: Piety and Prayer in Antiquity3. The Inward Turn: What Augustine Learned from the Pagans4. The Darkness of God: Dionysius the Areopagite, Gregory of Nyssa, and Meister Eckhart5. Praying with the Whole World: Natural Contemplation and the Legacy of the Desert Fathers6. How to Perform Scripture: Lectio Divina and the Renewal of the HeartConclusion: The Wildness of the Spiritual LifeIndex

Jason M. Baxter (PhD, University of Notre Dame), an expert in medieval Catholic thought, is associate professor of fine arts and humanities at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming. He speaks at universities across the country and has written several books, including A Beginner's Guide to Dante's "Divine Comedy." Visit his website at JasonMBaxter.com.

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• ContentsIntroduction: The Soul from Whom God Hides Nothing1. The Christian of the Future in the Desert of Modernity: The Twentieth-Century Rediscovery of Ancient Mysticism2. Pagans Grope toward God: Piety and Prayer in Antiquity3. The Inward Turn: What Augustine Learned from the Pagans4. The Darkness of God: Dionysius the Areopagite, Gregory of Nyssa, and Meister Eckhart5. Praying with the Whole World: Natural Contemplation and the Legacy of the Desert Fathers6. How to Perform Scripture: Lectio Divina and the Renewal of the HeartConclusion: The Wildness of the Spiritual LifeIndex

Jason M. Baxter (PhD, University of Notre Dame), an expert in medieval Catholic thought, is associate professor of fine arts and humanities at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming. He speaks at universities across the country and has written several books, including A Beginner's Guide to Dante's "Divine Comedy." Visit his website at JasonMBaxter.com.

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• ContentsIntroduction: The Soul from Whom God Hides Nothing1. The Christian of the Future in the Desert of Modernity: The Twentieth-Century Rediscovery of Ancient Mysticism2. Pagans Grope toward God: Piety and Prayer in Antiquity3. The Inward Turn: What Augustine Learned from the Pagans4. The Darkness of God: Dionysius the Areopagite, Gregory of Nyssa, and Meister Eckhart5. Praying with the Whole World: Natural Contemplation and the Legacy of the Desert Fathers6. How to Perform Scripture: Lectio Divina and the Renewal of the HeartConclusion: The Wildness of the Spiritual LifeIndex