Way of the Ascetics: The Ancient Tradition of Discipline and Inner Growth
A Religion, Spirituality, Nonfiction book. Great, well-written introduction to Asceticism and the Monastic Fathers in particular, but Christian Spirituality in general. And it is...
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- Pages: 110 pages
- ISBN: 9780881410495 / 881410497
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Simple and clear, Colliander proffers the experience of the Orthodox Church together with the fathers in this concise book about the inner life of the Christian. Asceticism is not a practice that applies only to monks; asceticism is the practice whereby we put to death our selfish-will in order to offer ourselves to Christ.This is a... Great, well-written introduction to Asceticism and the Monastic Fathers in particular, but Christian Spirituality in general. And it is short. You can't beat that. The writing is simple and beautiful. I reread it as often as I can. The first and last chapters are worth the price of the book. Spirituality for the ages. Finnish Eastern Orthodox author but I feel anyone can get something out of this book.