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Spiritual Classics

Selected Readings on the Twelve Spiritual Disciplines

by Richard J. Foster, Emilie Griffin

From near­ly two thou­sand years of Chris­t­ian writ­ing comes Spir­i­tu­al Clas­sics, fifty-two selec­tions com­plete with a pro­file of each author, med­i­ta­tions for group and indi­vid­ual use, dis­cus­sion ques­tions and exer­cis­es, and a per­son­al reflec­tion by Richard Fos­ter on each selec­tion. Edi­tors Richard Fos­ter and Emi­lie Grif­fin also offer rec­om­men­da­tions for fur­ther guid­ed read­ing and explo­ration. Fea­tured authors include: Fred­er­ick Buech­n­er, Eve­lyn Under­hill, G.K. Chester­ton, Amy Carmichael, Hilde­gard of Bin­gen, Han­nah More, Ger­ard Man­ley Hop­kins, and more.

2007

About the Authors

Richard J. Foster

Richard is founder, past pres­i­dent and cur­rent team mem­ber of Ren­o­varé. Hav­ing stud­ied at George Fox and Fuller The­o­log­i­cal Sem­i­nary, Fos­ter has served as a pas­tor and taught world­wide on spir­i­tu­al for­ma­tion. Author of dozens of arti­cles and six books, includ­ing Cel­e­bra­tion of Dis­ci­pline, Richard con­tin­ues to write on the spir­i­tu­al life. He and his wife, Car­olynn, have two grown chil­dren, Joel and Nathan, nine grand­chil­dren, and live near Den­ver, Colorado.

Emilie Griffin

A for­mer broad­cast pro­duc­er and mar­ket­ing con­sul­tant, Emi­lie has authored sev­er­al books includ­ing Clinging:The Expe­ri­ence of Prayer, Doors Into Prayer, The Reflec­tive Exec­u­tive, Wilder­ness Time, Souls in Full Sail and Green Leaves for Lat­er Years. Emi­lie and Bill, her hus­band, live in New Orleans, Louisiana.