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Top Books for March 2001

Top Books is intended to stimulate interest in worthwhile books on spirituality.  A  variety of perspectives, cultures and literary categories will find their way into each list.  There will be something for the spiritual beginner, the more mature journeyer, laypeople, and pastors.  Your suggestions are also welcome - just go to the bottom of the page and click the feedback link.  For your convenience (since many of these books may not be readily available in your local bookstore), I have directly linked each book to its page at Amazon.com; just click its picture and you can order in no time! Spiritual Journey Press is an associate of Amazon.com.

This month's theme is Vintage Spiritual Classics.  Some of the books in the Vintage Spiritual Classics series are well known to most of you.  So why read a new translation of familiar works?  I have always found new insights when I peruse updated editions of works I love and appreciate.  These books are easily accessible for the lay person or spirituality beginner, and refresh the soul.

 

The Confessions (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by Augustine

Augustine's autobiography played a major role in my own self-understanding.  His conversion account is a classic of God's grace and mercy.

 

 

The Imitation of Christ in Four Books : A Translation from the Latin (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by Thomas A. Kempis

A classic from the late Middle Ages which influenced both Protestants and Catholics alike.

 

The Rule of St. Benedict : In English (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by Benedict

The Benedictine celebrative combination of worship, community and work is a model for all Christians.

 

 

The Desert Fathers : Translations from the Latin (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by Helen Waddell (Translator)

The sayings of the desert fathers surprise, inspire and challenge the modern pilgrim.

 

 

The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by Ugolino (Editor)

Francis' writings are the basis for Franciscan spirituality.

 

 

Selected Sermons, Prayers, and Devotions (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by John Henry Newman

Newman was a Catholic intellectual from the 19th century.

 

 

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola : Based on Studies in the Language of the Autograph (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by John F. Thornton (Editor)

Ignatius' use of imagination and Scripture helps retreat participants to draw closer to Christ.

 

 

Book of Job (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by Susan B. Varenne(Editor), Introduction by Cynthia  Ozick

Job is the classic Endless Possibilities redemptive journey in the Bible.  Anything Cynthia Ozick writes about the Old Testament is worth considering!

 

 

The Five Scrolls : The Song of Songs, the Book of Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, the Book of Esther (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by Alicia Suskin Ostriker(Editor), Alicia Suskin Ostiker(Preface)

 

 

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