Over the years, many of our readers have asked for a list of authors who are promoting contemplative prayer. Well here is a list we have compiled.\u00a0 This is from 10 years of research at Lighthouse Trails. \u00a0The list\u00a0includes those authors who directly teach contemplative prayer\u00a0as well as those who\u00a0have consistently\u00a0promoted contemplative prayer teachers. All of the names below are in one of these two categories. If you are a skeptic, this is not guilt by association, but is rather guilt by promotion or proxy. It is not possible to list every single contemplative prayer advocate, as the number of\u00a0those in this category increases weekly with new book releases. Some of these names are not “evangelical” Christians but are to be found in either the Catholic camp or the New Age camp. We include those in this list because they are names that are being recommended or\u00a0referenced\u00a0by evangelical\/Protestant leaders. We have found these names below to be the most influential in this area. At times, we will\u00a0replace names with others as they come to our attention.\u00a0If you need information on any of these names below, you can find most of them using our blog search engine or our research site Topical Index.<\/p>\n
(updated 2\/9\/12)<\/em><\/p>\n 1. Adele Alhberg Calhoun<\/p>\n 2. Agnes Sanford<\/p>\n 3. Alan Jones<\/p>\n 4. Anne Lamott<\/p>\n 5. Anthony de Mello<\/p>\n 6. Basil Pennington<\/p>\n 7. Beatrice Bruteau<\/p>\n 8. Bernard of Clairvaux<\/p>\n 9. Beth Moore<\/p>\n 10. Bill Hybels<\/p>\n 11. Brennan Manning<\/p>\n 12. Brian McLaren<\/p>\n 13. Brother Lawrence<\/p>\n 14. Calvin Miller<\/p>\n 15. Carl McColman<\/p>\n 16. Chuck Smith, Jr.<\/p>\n 17. Dallas Willard<\/p>\n 18. Dan Kimball<\/p>\n 19. Daniel Goleman<\/p>\n 20. David Benner<\/p>\n 21. David Crowder<\/p>\n 22. David Steindl-Rast<\/p>\n 23. Desert Fathers<\/p>\n 24. Doug Pagitt<\/p>\n 25. Emilie Griffin<\/p>\n 26. Eugene Peterson<\/p>\n 27. Evelyn Underhill<\/p>\n 28. Gary Thomas<\/p>\n 29. Gerald May<\/p>\n 30. Gerald Sittser<\/p>\n 31. Henri Nouwen<\/p>\n 32. Hildegard of Bingen<\/p>\n 33. J.P. Moreland<\/p>\n 34. Jack Canfield<\/p>\n 35. James Goll<\/p>\n 36. Jan Johnson<\/p>\n 37. Jean-Nicholas Gru<\/p>\n 38. John Coe<\/p>\n 39. John Michael Talbot<\/p>\n 40. John Ortberg<\/p>\n 41. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove<\/p>\n 42. Julian of Norwich<\/p>\n 43. Karl Rahner<\/p>\n 44. Keith Drury<\/p>\n 45. Ken Blanchard<\/p>\n 46. Ken Boa<\/p>\n 47. Keri Wyatt Kent<\/p>\n 48. Kurt Bjorklund<\/p>\n 49. Kyle Strobel<\/p>\n 50. Larry Crabb<\/p>\n 51. Laurie Beth Jones<\/p>\n 52. Leighton Ford<\/p>\n 53. Leonard Sweet<\/p>\n 54. Liz Babbs<\/p>\n 55. Madame Guyon<\/p>\n 56. Maggie & Duffy Robbins<\/p>\n 57. Marcus Borg<\/p>\n 58. Marjorie Thompson<\/p>\n 59. Mark Driscoll<\/p>\n 60. Mark Virkler<\/p>\n 61. Mark Yaconelli<\/p>\n 62. Max Lucado<\/p>\n 63. Meister Eckhart<\/p>\n 64. Michael Card<\/p>\n 65. Mike Bickle<\/p>\n 66. Mindy Caliguire<\/p>\n 67. Morton Kelsey<\/p>\n 68. Pete Greig<\/p>\n 69. Pete Scazzero<\/p>\n 70. Peter Senge<\/p>\n 71. Philip St. Romain<\/p>\n 72. Phillip Yancey<\/p>\n 73. Phyllis Tickle<\/p>\n 74. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin<\/p>\n 75. Pope Benedict XVI<\/p>\n 76. Richard Foster<\/p>\n 77. Richard Peace<\/p>\n 78. Richard Rohr<\/p>\n 79. Richard Rolle<\/p>\n 80. Rick Warren<\/p>\n 81. Rob Bell<\/p>\n 82. Robert Webber<\/p>\n 83. Ruth Haley Barton<\/p>\n 84. St Anthony<\/p>\n 85. St. Catherine of Siena<\/p>\n 86. St. Ignatius Loyola<\/p>\n 87. St. John of the Cross<\/p>\n 88. St. Teresa of Avila<\/p>\n 89. Sue Monk Kidd<\/p>\n 90. The Cloud of Unknowing by an Anonymous Monk<\/p>\n 91. Thomas Aquinas<\/p>\n 92. Thomas Keating<\/p>\n 93. Thomas Merton<\/p>\n 94. Tilden Edwards<\/p>\n 95. Todd Bentley<\/p>\n 96. Tony Campolo<\/p>\n 97. Tony Jones<\/p>\n 98. Tricia Rhodes<\/p>\n 99. William Paul Young<\/p>\n 100. William Shannon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the years, many of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,29],"tags":[809,30,31,32,33,35,2916,64,84,115,126,198,269,383],"class_list":["post-8359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemplative-practices","category-contemplative-spirituality","tag-brother-lawrence","tag-contemplative-prayer","tag-mysticism","tag-henri-nouwen","tag-thomas-merton","tag-rick-warren","tag-contemplative-spirituality","tag-leonard-sweet","tag-richard-foster","tag-contemplative","tag-brian-mclaren","tag-mark-driscoll","tag-rob-bell","tag-beth-moore","wpcat-78-id","wpcat-29-id"],"yoast_head":"\n