TY - BOOK AU - McGinn,Bernard AU - Leclercq,Jean AU - Meyendorff,John TI - Christian spirituality: Origins to the twelfth century T2 - World spirituality SN - 0824506812 AV - BV 4490 .C48 1997 U1 - 248/.09 19 PY - 1985/// CY - New York PB - Crossroad KW - Spiritual life KW - Christianity KW - History of doctrines KW - Local N1 - Includes bibliographies and indexes; Scripture and Spirituality -- Periods and Movements -- The Early Christian Community -- Gnostic Spirituality -- The Spiritual Message of the Great Fathers -- Monasticism and Asceticism -- Eastern Christianity -- Western Christianity -- The Uplifting Spirituality of Pseudo-Dionysius -- Christianity and CUltural Diversity -- The Gregorian Reform -- The Religious WOrld of the Twelfth Century -- Themes and Values -- The Role of Christ -- The Trinity -- The Human Person as Image of God -- Grace: The Augustinian Foundation -- Liturgy and Spirituality -- Icon and Art -- Ways of Prayer and Contemplation -- The Notion of Virginity in the Early Church -- Spiritual Guidance -- The Practice of Christian Life: The Birth of the Laity N2 - A multivolume series with more than 500 contributing scholars worldwide, presenting the spiritual wisdom of the human race in its historical unfolding, from prehistoric time, through the great religions to the meeting of traditions at the present ER -