Gordon Mursell, the general editor and author of the chapterof the Anglican spiritual tradition, is Dean of BirminghamCathedral and author of English Spirituality and Out of theDeep. In this fully illustrated book, the great riches ofthe Christian spiritual tradition are revealed to bothgeneral reader and student alike. The Bible and the life ofJesus Christ are the starting point for the story. Thereader is then guided through the early church fathers, theCelts and Anglo-Saxons, the saints and mystics of themedieval West, the Eastern tradition, the Russian story, theProtestant tradition in Europe, the Catholic saints andReformers, the Anglican story, the Protestant tradition inAmerica, and in the last chapter we see the explosion ofspiritualities across the world in the twentieth century.The book ends by offering a way forward into the newmillennium. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this book sis a readable and vivid guide to the spiritual riches of oneof the world's most influential religions.
