Table Of ContentPart OneKnowing God Intimately:Where Christian Mysticism Can Take UsTony Campolo1. What Mystical Christianity Is All About2. Christian Mysticism and Personal Evangelism3. Christian Mysticism and Working for JusticePart TwoFueling Intimacy: The Mystical PathMary Albert Darling4. Awakening to Mysticism and a Holistic Gospel(Even If YouÂre Not a Monk)5. Cultivating Holy Habits6. Moving from Self-Awareness to God-Awareness: The Prayer of Examen7. Becoming God's Friend: Lectio Divina8. Deepening Our Intimacy with God: Centering Prayer 9. Committing to a Holistic GospelPart ThreeTaking Intimacy with God into the WorldMary Albert Darling and Tony Campolo10. Avoiding Two Temptations11. Connecting Intimacy and ActionEpiloguePostscriptNotesThe AuthorsIndex
SynopsisAcclaimed evangelical speaker and writer Tony Campolo teams up with spiritual director and teacher Mary Albert Darling to reveal some gems from the liturgical Christian tradition to Protestants who may be ready for a refreshing change. While steeped in their own evangelical tradition, the authors are not afraid to venture back into Christian history and reclaim practices that have long been considered exclusively Catholic--including Centering Prayer, along with works by Ignatius Loyola and Catherine of Siena--as excellent spiritual tools to help evangelicals grow in faith and love for the poor. A vital theme in Campolo and Darling's work is that spirituality is not solely an individualistic practice but must lead Christians to love and help the oppressed. True Christian mysticism, they posit, is not an either/or proposition. That's because the nexus between evangelism and justice is to be found in Christian mysticism., Acclaimed evangelical speaker and writer Tony Campolo teams up with spiritual director and teacher Mary Albert Darling to reveal some gems from the liturgical Christian tradition to Protestants who may be ready for a refreshing change. While steeped in their own evangelical tradition, the authors are not afraid to venture back into Christian ......