Are Christian Publishers Promoting Contemplative Prayer andthe New Spirituality?

Between Two Souls: Conversations with Ryokan

Companions of Christ: Ignatian Spirituality for Everyday Living

Heart of Flesh: A Feminist Spirituality for Women and Men

The Way of JesusScarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope

GROUP PUBLISHING

Prayer Path: A Christ-Centered Labyrinth Experience

Diving Deep: Experiencing Jesus Through Spiritual Disciplines
Amy Simpson

NAVPRESS

When the Soul Listens
Finding Rest and Direction in Contemplative Prayer
by Jan Johnson, Dallas Willard

Abba's Child
by Brennan Manning

Dangerous Wonder
Mike Yaconelli

The Message
by Eugene Peterson
(all references to homosexuality have been removed)

Side by Side
Disciple Making for a New Century
co-authored by Richard Foster

Dare to Journey with Henri Nouwen
by Charles Ringma

Soul Guide
contributing author Henri Nouwen

Renovation of the Heart
by Dallas Willard

Reflections
by Kenneth Boa

Spiritual Disciplines: Contemplative Bible Reading
by Richard Peace

BETHANY HOUSE

The Soul At Rest:
A Journey Into Contemplative Prayer
BY Tricia Rhodes

HAROLD SHAW PUBLISHERS

The Contemplative Mom
by Ann Kroeker

Are Christian Publishers Promoting Contemplative Prayer andthe New Spirituality?

Read this list, and you will better understand how contemplative spirituality has infiltrated mainstream Christendom.

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News Briefs
Thomas Nelson Publishes Yoga for Christians!

NavPress Teaching Contemplative Prayer to Kids
(coming to a Sunday School near you)

BAKER BOOKS

Preaching
Calvin Miller (author of Into the Depths of God)

Choose the Life
Bill Hull

God of the Possible
Gregory Boyd

An Emergent Manifesto of Hope
Doug Pagitt, Tony Jones, Brian McLaren, Dan Kimball

The Divine Embrace
Robert Webber

Sacred Listening
James Wakefield

See also Emersion Books, Baker Books partnership venture with Emergent Village.

INTERVARSITY PRESS

Meditative Prayer
Richard J. Foster teaches readers how to use the classical Christian techniques of meditation to enhance times of prayer

A Renewed Spirituality
Celtic Christian spirituality, Nature, Benedictine Spirituality, Contemplative Prayer
By Lynne M. Baab

The Garden of the Soul
By Keri Wyatt Kent
Foreword by John Ortberg

Sacred Companions
By David G. Benner
(book promotes Nouwen, Merton, Foster, Keating, etc.)

ZONDERVAN
[Now partnered with Youth Specialties]

The Book of Uncommon Prayer: Contemplative and Celebratory Prayers ...
by Steve Case

The Sacred Way
by Tony Jones

The Purpose Driven Life
by Rick Warren

Hearing God
by Dallas Willard
"Richard Foster says this is
'the best book on divine guidance I have read'"

Making All Things New
And Other Classics
by Henri Nouwen

Reaching Out
by Henri Nouwen

Growth: Training vs. Trying
by John Ortberg

Messy Spirituality
by Mike Yaconelli

The Book of Uncommon Prayer: Contemplative and Celebratory Prayers and Worship Services for Youth Ministry
By Steve Case

Stories of Emergence
Edited by Mike Yaconelli

Emerging Worship
Dan Kimball

Reimagining Spiritual Formation
Doug Pagitt

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PUBLISHING NEWS

Zondervan and Youth Specialties
Announce
New Publishing Partnership
Aimed at the Emerging Church

Zondervan Now Owned by
Publishers of the Satanic Bible, Harper Collins

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Contemplative Spirituality: A belief system that uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness (the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult but often wrapped in Christian terminology. The premise of contemplative spirituality is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all). Common terms used for this movement are "spiritual formation," "the silence," "the stillness," "ancient-wisdom," "spiritual disciplines," and many others.

Spiritual Formation: A movement that has provided a platform and a channel through which contemplative prayer is entering the church. Find spiritual formation being used, and in nearly every case you will find contemplative spirituality. In fact, contemplative spirituality is the heartbeat of the spiritual formation movement.