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Classics of Western Spirituality

Gain first-hand insight into the spiritual climate of Europe during the Reformation. These 23 volumes of selected historical literature span the entire Reformation era—from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. They are gathered from across all of Europe—with authors from Czechoslovakia, England, Germany, Sweden—and across the denominational spectrum—featuring Anabaptists, Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Quakers, and Shakers.

Engage key texts from theological giants like John Calvin, Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, William Tyndale, John and Charles Wesley, Ulrich Zwingli, and many more. These writings continue to influence both the church and modern society. Including introductions and analysis from contemporary scholars, these are the perfect primer for studying how the Reformation transformed Christianity in Europe.

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  • Provides a panoramic view of spirituality during the Reformation
  • Gathers the diverse voices of the Reformation in Europe
  • Presents writings of various genres from well-known and lesser-known Reformation writers

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Cambridge Platonist Spirituality

  • Editors: Charles Taliaferro and Alison J. Teply
  • Translators: Charles Taliaferro and Alison J. Teply
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Pages: 256

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This volume is a collection of poetry, sermons, treatises, and essays by seventeenth-century English philosophers devoted to the goodness of God and the spiritual importance of reason.

Charles Taliaferro, is professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College. He is an associate of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, an Anglican monastic order. He has been a visiting scholar at Oxford University, Columbia, Princeton, New York University, and General Theological Seminary in New York City. He has written multiple books, including Naturalism, Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, and Praying with C.S. Lewis. He coedited A Companion to Philosophy of Religion and Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology.

Alison J. Teply earned her PhD from Cambridge University, studying the theology and philosophy of the Cambridge Platonist Peter Sterry.

Early Anabaptist Spirituality: Selected Writings

  • Editor: Daniel Liechty
  • Translator: Daniel Liechty
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1994
  • Pages: 336

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This volume consists of an anthology of early to mid-sixteenth-century writings that illuminate the distinctive character of early Anabaptist ideology. The writings focus on the themes of regeneration, the Anabaptist fellowship and the demands of discipleship.

Daniel Liechty studied philosophy at the University of Budapest and received a PhD from the University of Vienna, specializing in religious radicalism in the sixteenth century. He also holds a DMin degree in pastoral counseling from the Graduate Theological Foundation in Donaldson, IN. He has written books including Andreas Fischer and the Sabbatarian Anabaptist, Theology in Postliberal Perspective, and Sabbatarianism in the Sixteenth Century. He is presently an independent scholar living in Philadelphia. He is a member of the Germantown Mennonite Church.

Early Protestant Spirituality

  • Editor: Scott H. Hendrix
  • Translator: Scott H. Hendrix
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Pages: 368

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This volume is an anthology that includes writings by the giants of the Reformation (Luther, Melanchthon, Calvin, etc.) along with lesser-known names to provide a unique insight into Protestant spirituality as it developed from the earliest days of the Reformation.

Scott H. Hendrix earned his PhD in Reformation studies from Tübingen University in Germany. In 2007, he retired from a professorship in Reformation history at Princeton Seminary, and now lives in North Carolina.

Emanuel Swedenborg: The Universal Human and Soul-Body Interaction

  • Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
  • Editor: George F. Dole
  • Translator: George F. Dole
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1984
  • Pages: 286

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These writings from Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1771), the eighteenth-century Swedish scientist and visionary, are among the most influential in the Western esoteric tradition.

George F. Dole holds a BA from Yale, an MA from Oxford, and a PhD from Harvard University. Now professor emeritus, Dole taught ancient languages, the Bible, and theology at the Swedenborg School of Religion in Newton, Massachusetts. His recent translations of the New Century Editions of Heaven and Hell, Divine Love and Wisdom, and Divine Providence have won critical acclaim. He has written books including A Book About Us, Freedom and Evil, and Sorting Things Out.

George Herbert: The Country Parson and the Temple

  • Author: George Herbert
  • Editor: John N. Wall Jr.
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1981
  • Pages: 384

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George Herbert (1593–1633) was an Anglican priest, poet, and essayist—truly one of the most profound spiritual masters in the English tradition. His spirituality was a synthesis of Evangelical and Catholic piety.

John N. Wall Jr. has been a member of the NC State University (Raleigh) faculty since 1973. He was awarded the Holladay Medal for Excellence in 2003. He is currently engaged in the writing of a book-length manuscript John Donne in 1623: The Maturing of a Vocation, which will trace the development of Donne’s career as a priest of the Church of England and examine his writings as a priest in the context of the practice of worship and spirituality in the Church of England. He has written articles, mostly about John Donne.

Jacob Boehme: The Way to Christ

  • Author: Jacob Boehme
  • Editor: Peter C. Erb
  • Translator: Peter C. Erb
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1977
  • Pages: 336

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This volume contains an introduction to the thought and spirituality of Jacob Boehme (1575–1624), a German Lutheran and one of the greatest Christian mystics. The Way to Christ is a collection of nine treatises intended to serve as a meditation guide.

Peter C. Erb is assistant professor of English and religion and culture at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. His specialization is in late medieval spirituality. After serving as pastor of the Amish Mennonite Church in Tavistock, he reentered the academic world, completing his MSI at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, and his PhD at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Schwenkfeld in His Reformation Setting and The Spiritual Diary of Christopher Wiegner.

Jeremy Taylor: Selected Works

  • Author: Jeremy Taylor
  • Editor: Thomas K. Carroll
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1990
  • Pages: 544

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This volume contains selections from the writings of Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667), “The Shakespeare of English prose,” which illustrate the underlying theological synthesis of the Caroline Divines and the unity of language and faith that expressed their spirituality.

Thomas K. Carroll is a priest of the Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnois in Ireland. Ordained in Rome in 1959, he holds doctorates from the Anglican University and from the Pontifical Liturgical Institute. Present at the Second Vatican Council, he has lectured widely throughout the United States, England, and Australia. He is at present visiting professor at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. He has written books including Preaching the Word, and Liturgical Practice in the Fathers.

Johann Arndt: True Christianity

  • Author: Johann Arndt
  • Translator: Peter C. Erb
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1978
  • Pages: 320

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Never before translated into English, this book by the sixteenth-century Lutheran mystic Johann Arndt (1555–1621) has been the foundation for countless spiritual works both Protestant and Catholic.

Peter C. Erb is assistant professor of English and religion and culture at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. His specialization is in late medieval spirituality. After serving as pastor of the Amish Mennonite Church in Tavistock, he reentered the academic world, completing his MSI at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, and his PhD at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Schwenkfeld in His Reformation Setting and The Spiritual Diary of Christopher Wiegner.

John and Charles Wesley: Selected Writings and Hymns

  • Authors: John Wesley and Charles Wesley
  • Editor: Frank Whaling
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1981
  • Pages: 432

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The leaders of the Methodist revival that swept eighteenth-century England, John and Charles Wesley reveal a spirituality that synthesizes a unique blend of the Church Fathers, Catholic mystics and Protestant Reformers. The major works of the Wesleys appear in this volume, including John Wesley’s Plain Account of Christian Perfection and Charles Wesley’s Hymns.

Frank Whaling is emeritus professor of the study of religion at the University of Edinburgh. He is known nationally and internationally for his work in religious studies. He has taught and researched in many countries including India, the United States, and South Africa.

John Calvin: Writings on Pastoral Piety

  • Author: John Calvin
  • Editor: Elsie Anne McKee
  • Translator: Elsie Anne McKee
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Pages: 384

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This volume presents select works of John Calvin (1509–1564), the great Reformer of Geneva, with special emphasis on his piety.

Elsie Anne McKee holds a PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary, where she is the Archibald Alexander Professor of Reformation Studies and the History of Worship. A Reformation historian, she is the author of John Calvin on the Diaconate and Liturgical Almsgiving and Elders and the Plural Ministry.

John Comenius: The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart

  • Author: John Comenius
  • Translators: Howard Louthan and Andrea Sterk
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1997
  • Pages: 272

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One of the most significant works in Czech literature, this is a new English translation of an allegory of the spiritual journey as experienced by a seventeenth-century pilgrim. John Comenius (1592–1670) was the pastor and spiritual leader of the Bohemian Brethren (Unitas Fratrum), a Czech Protestant group inspired by the Hussite movement of the fifteenth century.

Howard Louthan is an assistant professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. He received hs PhD from Princeton University in 1994. His area of specialization is early modern central Europe. He has written books including Reforming a Counter-Reform Court: Johannis Crato and the Austrian Habsburgs and The Quest for Compromise: Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna.

Andrea Sterk received her PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1994. She taught in the history department at Calvin College and as an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame. She specializes in the patristic period. She is currently completing a book on the rise of monk-bishops in the Christian East. Her work on Comenius has enabled her to pursue broader interests in the history of spirituality and in Christianity in the Slavic world.

John Donne: Selections from Divine Poems, Sermons, Devotions, and Prayers

  • Author: John Donne
  • Editor: John Booty
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1990
  • Pages: 320

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This volume is a spiritual and literary exploration of the famed Renaissance poet John Donne (1572–1631), that looks at his life and work, the transformation of his writing from secular to spiritual, and his relation to modern critics.

John Booty is professor emeritus of Anglican studies at the University of the South, Dewanee, Tennessee. Having received his PhD from Princeton University in 1960, he then concentrated his studies on religion and culture in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. He has taught at Virginia Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School, the Episcopal Divinity School, and Sewanee. He is the author of The Study of Anglicanism and The Church in History.

John Henry Newman: Selected Sermons

  • Author: John Henry Newman
  • Editor: Ian Ker
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1993
  • Pages: 432

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John Henry Newman (1801–1890), a convert from Anglicanism, is a seminal Roman Catholic theologian. This volume includes 34 of his Anglican sermons and four from other sources. This edition contextualizes Newman’s spirituality and is notable for its introduction by Ian Ker, a leading Newman scholar.

Ian Ker is professor at the University of Oxford. He has taught both English literature and theology in universities in the United States and Britain. He is generally regarded as the leading authority on Newman, on whom he has written and edited more than 20 books, including John Henry Newman: A Biography, Achievement of John Henry Newman, and Mere Catholicism.

Luther’s Spirituality

  • Editors: Philip D.W. Krey and Peter D.S. Krey
  • Translators: Philip D.W. Krey and Peter D.S. Krey
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Pages: 296

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Luther’s Spirituality introduces readers to the profound depth and complex issues surrounding the great Reformer’s spirituality.

Philip D.W. Krey is the president of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. He was born in Brooklyn and was ordained a minister of the Lutheran Church in America. He is the author of Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Hebrews and The Bible in Medieval Tradition: The Letter to the Romans.

Peter D.S. Krey is copastor of Christ Lutheran Church in El Cerrito, CA. He received a PhD in Early Modern history of Christianity at Graduate Theological Union.

Quaker Spirituality: Selected Writings

  • Editor: Douglas V. Steere
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1983
  • Pages: 352

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This volume contains the writings of the major voices of the Quaker movement from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, including the journals of George Fox, The Journal of John Woolman, Thomas Kelly’s Testament of Devotion, and selections from Caroline Stephens and Rufus Jones.

Douglas V. Steere was a Rhodes scholar at Oriel College, Oxford University. He received his PhD at Harvard University. He taught philosophy at Haverford College, where he is the T. Wistar Brown Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. He joined the Religious Society of Friends as a convinced member in 1932. He has been intimately connected with the life of the Quakers both in the United States and aborad for almost half a century. He was one of the founders of Pendle Hill (a Quaker center for religious and social studies). He was on the board of managers of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and has been on missions for AFSC in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. He is the author of Prayer and Worship, On Beginning from Within, Doors into Life, and Time to Spare.

Seventeenth-Century Lutheran Meditations and Hymns

  • Editor: Eric Lund
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Pages: 384

In this volume, a specialist in seventeenth-century Germany piety and devotional writings presents new translations of the prose works and hymnody from the century following the start of the Protestant Reformation.

Eric Lund is professor of Religion at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He holds a PhD from Yale University. His primary field of research has been sixteenth- and seventeenth-century religious life in Germany. He has also done work on the English Reformation, on Scandinavian Lutheranism, and on historical interactions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He is the editor of Documents from the History of Lutheranism 1517-1750 and coeditor of Word, Church, and State: Tyndale Quincentenary Essays. He has published extensively on popular piety and practical religious literature in Germany from the period of the Protestant Reformation to the rise of the Pietist movement.

The Spirituality of the German Awakening

  • Editors: David Crowner and Gerald Christianson
  • Translators: David Crowner and Gerald Christianson
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Pages: 464

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This volume is an introduction to the spiritual writings of four influential Germans from the nineteenth century who led the revival movement known as the “German Awakening.” Much of the material appears here for the first time in English.

David Crowner holds a PhD from Rutgers University. He retired from Gettysburg College as professor of German language and literature. He is the author of German for Mastery and coauthor of Impulse. He has taught and traveled extensively in Germany, and helped build an international program at Gettysburg College as faculty coordinator of service learning.

Gerald Christianson holds a PhD from the University of Chicago. He is Central Pennsylvania Synod Professor of Church History at Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary. He is the author of Cesarini, the Conciliar Cardinal, and coeditor of several books on Nicholas of Cusa.

The Pietists: Selected Writings

  • Editor: Peter C. Erb
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1983
  • Pages: 368

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Pietism, with its origins in late sixteenth and early seventeenth-century German Lutheranism, emphasized conversion, union with Christ, and importance of Scripture. This volume is the most comprehensive collection of Pietist writings available in English.

Peter C. Erb is assistant professor of English and religion and culture at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. His specialization is in late medieval spirituality. After serving as pastor of the Amish Mennonite Church in Tavistock, he reentered the academic world, completing his MSI at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, and his PhD at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Schwenkfeld in His Reformation Setting and The Spiritual Diary of Christopher Wiegner.

The Shakers: Two Centuries of Spiritual Reflection

  • Editor: Robley E. Whitson
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1983
  • Pages: 384

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This volume studies the Shaker tradition from its origin in late eighteenth-century England to its flowering in nineteenth-century America. Here are the collected teachings of Ann Lee, Joseph Meacham, John Dunlavy and others on community, celibacy, union with Christ, faith as process, and the male/female aspects of God.

Robley E. Whitson was Chairman of the Fordham University Theology Department. After appointment as visiting scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary and advisory board member for the Princeton world religions projects, he was professor of theology and anthropology at the Hartford Seminary Foundation. He is now president of the United Institute, an ecumenical body with special concern for the renewal of the Shaker tradition in the context of inter-Christian unity. He is the author of Mysticism and Ecumenism, Shaker Theologlical Sources, The Coming Convergence of World Religions, and The Center Scriptures: The Core Christian Experience.

The Theologia Germanica of Martin Luther

  • Author: Bengt Hoffman
  • Translator: Bengt Hoffman
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1980
  • Pages: 224

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Written around 1350 by an anonymous author, this is a simple yet profound book about life in God as it translates into life in the world. This translation was based on Luther’s German edition of 1518.

Bengt Hoffman (1913–1997) received his theological education in Sweden, where he served as pastor and rector in Church of Sweden parishes. He earned his PhD at Yale University and served on the World Council of Churches staff in Geneva, Switzerland, and as director of Lutheran World Service. After World War II, he went to China as a missionary. In 1967 he became professor of ethics and ecumenics at Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary.

Valentin Weigel: Selected Spiritual Writings

  • Author: Valentin Weigel
  • Translator: Charles Andrew Weeks
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Pages: 272

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This volume contains the first English translations of key works by Valentin Weigel (1533–1588), an important German thinker and theologian. Also included is an introduction to the context and sources of his thought.

Charles Andrew Weeks is professor of German literature at Illinois State University, Normal. He studied in Hamburg and Berlin. He received an MA in German literature and the PhD in comparative literature from the University of Illinois, Urbana. As a student of German intellectual history, he turned his attention to a number of German authors who are often neglected because of their marginal status between medieval and postmedieval literature among literature, philosophy, and religion, and between Catholic and Protestant confessions. As a Fulbright scholar, he taught the history of German mysticism at the University of Marburg and the German spiritualists of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century at the University of Szeged, Hungary.

William Law: A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, the Spirit of Love

  • Author: William Law
  • Editor: Paul Stanwood
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 1978
  • Pages: 544

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Often called the greatest of the post-Reformation English mystics, William Law’s (1686–1761) writings, included in this volume, reflect his genius of literary style and religious devotion.

Paul Stanwood is professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. After completing his PhD at the University of Michigan, he did advanced studies at Oxford University and Cambridge University. He has been a recipient of two Canada Council Leave Fellowships. He is a member of the High Table at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, where he is a permanent member of the College. He is the author of John Cosin, A Collection of Private Devotions and Henry More, Democritus Platonissans. He is clergy warden of St. James’ Anglican Church, Vancouver.

Wycliffite Spirituality

  • Editors: J. Patrick Hornbeck II, Stephen E. Lahey, and Fiona Somerset
  • Translators: J. Patrick Hornbeck II, Stephen E. Lahey, and Fiona Somerset
  • Publisher: Paulist Press
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Pages: 432

Dating from the late medieval period in England, this volume is a collection of English translations of Wycliffe’s writings, the Wycliffite texts. The records of heresy trials discloses that, far from practicing a wholly negative Christianity, Wycliffites were as keenly interested in the spiritual life as many of their contemporaries.

J. Patrick Hornbeck II is associate professor of theology at Fordham University in New York. His studies focus on the interface between the shifting categories of “heresy” and “orthodoxy” in medieval and early modern Christianity, particularly regarding the Lollards or Wycliffites. He earned his PhD in theology/ecclesiastical history from Oxford University.

Stephen E. Lahey is assistant professor of classics and religious studies at the University of Nebraska. He has published extensively in the field of medieval studies. He is a priest of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America. He earned his PhD in medieval studies from the University of Connecticut.

Fiona Somerset is professor of English at the University of Connecticut and has published extensively about literature and movements in medieval England, especially about Chaucer and about Lollardy. She is a coeditor of The Yearbook of Langland Studies. She earned her PhD from Cornell University.

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  1. Cris Dickason

    Cris Dickason

    12/27/2016

    "Reformation apparently means nothing, or everything... There are some decidedly non-Reformed and anti-Reformed titles in this bundle. Shakers and Quakers and Platonists, oh my! Reformed=continuing to uphold the scriptural truths of the Reformed confessions and catechisms.
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