Research Catalog

Title

Inner way : Eastern Christian spiritual direction / Joseph J. Allen.

Author

Allen, Joseph J., 1943-

Publication

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, ©1994.

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Details

Description

xiv, 141 pages; 23 cm

Subject

• Orthodox Eastern Church > Doctrines
• Orthodox Eastern Church
• Spiritual direction
• Theology, Doctrinal
• Seelenführung
• Orthodoxe Kirche
• Geestelijke vorming
• Orthodoxe kerken

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Treading the inner way : a ministry of healing and reconciliation -- Iatros Pneumatikos : the spiritual physician -- A question of contemporary ministry -- Reconciliation through appropriation -- The historical tradition of the inner way -- Eldership : distinctions and connections -- The work and the fruit : nonsacramental and sacramental -- Bringing light into human motivation and behavior -- The inner way to true knowledge -- Self-disclosure and trust -- Paternity : obedience and freedom -- On both sides : the absence of development of the relationship -- The penitential tradition of the inner way -- The spiritual component : exploring the theological roots of spiritual direction -- Introduction : distinguishing the "spiritual" and the "direction" -- Fragmentation and the transformation : life out of the compost heap -- Covenantal suppositions : the God-issue -- Theology and experience -- Human choice and free will -- Between the therapeutic and theological : the place of metaphorical language -- Compassion, steadfast love, faithfulness : correlates for healing -- The binding of the "spiritual" and the "direction" -- Caring and curing : listening, affirming, freeing -- The place of the heart -- The direction component : exploring the psychological issues in spiritual direction -- Introduction : the direction component -- Methodology : the uniqueness of spiritual direction -- Patterns in methodology -- Listening : more than hearing -- The meeting in the method : director and directee -- Responsibility and confrontation : contemporary models which conflict -- Appendix : practitioners of spiritual direction -- St. John Chrysostom as spiritual director -- The blessed Augustine as spiritual director -- Fr. Alexander Elchaninov and St. John of Kronstadt as spiritual directors.

ISBN

• 0802806953
• 9780802806956

LCCN

93046990

OCLC

• ocm29565553
• 29565553
• SCSB-2013839

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library