Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries - Softcover

Sittser, Gerald L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830837450 ISBN 13: 9780830837458

Publisher: IVP, 2010

Gerald L. Sittser carves out a new discipline that blends spirituality and Christian history--spiritual history. He overviews Christian history through the lens of spirituality, looking at what we can learn about the spiritual life from various figures and eras.

Review:

The lives of the saints are provided to inspire, encourage and invite us to join them on our own journeys of transforamtion. Consider a copy of Sittser's excellent, well-researched book for your home or church library.--Gail Welborn, The Cypress Times February 17, 2009

Sittser utilizes the metaphor of food and drink to serve up a timely corrective to one-generational approaches by inviting sojourners to an elaborate feast with the family of faith. This tried and true recipe deserves consideration not only as a personal or collective devotional but also for courses in church history, ecclesiology, and spiritual formation.--Martin William Mittelstadt, Religious Studies Review, September 2008

Even if we cannot be a Saint Francis ora monk, there are lessons to be learned from reading about our predecessors in the Christian faith. Recommended for anyone who is interested in strengthening his or her spirituality.--John B. Shewmaker, Catholic Library World, December 2008

"Excellent, well-researched book."--Gail Welbourn, Montgomery's Journey, April 2008

"The lives of the saints are provided to inspire, encourage and invite us to join them on our own journeys of transformation."--Gail Welborn, Christian News Northwest, March 2008

"My supply of adjectives fails me in describing the worth of this book."--Betty Waller for The Lamplighter, February 2008

"An excellent resource for devotional study and personal spiritual development."--Pulpit Helps, December 2007

"Sittser's wonderfully capacious book gives us ecumenism at its best."--Christianity Today, November 2007

"[A] compelling history of spirituality. . . . Sittser concludes each chapter with . . . ways that certain spiritual practices can be incorporated into contemporary observance. . . . [A] valuable tool."--Publishers Weekly starred review, September 24, 2007

Water From a Deep Well will reward readers who appreciate thorough research and detailed reporting, enlivened by telling asides and black-and-white illustrations.--Monica Tenney, Congregational Libraries Today, November/December 2008

About the Author:

Gerald L. Sittser (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is professor of theology at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. He is also the author of A Grace Disguised, The Will of God as a Way of Life and Love One Another.

Peterson, now retired, was for many years James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also served as founding pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. In addition to his widely acclaimed paraphrase of the Bible, The Message (NavPress), he has written many other books.

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0830837450
• ISBN 13: 9780830837458
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364